The Great Tolkien ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Great Tolkien ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The astonishing appeal of Tolkien’s works to the millions upon millions of readers in the 20th and 21st centuries, joined today by millions upon millions of filmgoers, is evidence that a deep need and thirst for mythical imagery, religious values, and allegories of Good still characterize our fellow human beings. I learned with sorrow, from an article by Dr. Robert Royal, that Professor Virgil Nemoianu died this month. Born in 1940 in Romania, h…

Online Course: Tolkien and his Medieval Sources

Tolkien and his Medieval Sources is a six-week online course starting on July 3rd, with live sessions each Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00pm EST.