About J. R. R. Tolkien's Fantasy Novel, The Lord of the Rings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
2025
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About J. R. R. Tolkien's Fantasy Novel, The Lord of the Rings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
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In my 6,200-word review essay "About J. R. R. Tolkien's Fantasy Novel, The Lord of the Rings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I succinctly highlight Thomas A. Shippey's 2000 book J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, with special attention to Shippey's perceptive account of Tolkien's three-volume fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955). I bring in the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University to consider certain contextualizing matters that I address in the present essay.
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Farrell, Thomas. (2025). About J. R. R. Tolkien's Fantasy Novel, The Lord of the Rings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/269884.
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