The authors of Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues and J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth discuss why Tolkien hated modernity and thinking about evil—and whether he was right to do so.
Brad Birzer and Mark Eddy Smith | posted 12/01/2002 12:00AM
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