{"product_id":"tolkien-and-the-modernists","title":"Tolkien and the Modernists","description":"\u003cp\u003e   \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e rarely makes an appearance in college courses that aim to examine modern British and American literature. Only in recent years have the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend, C.S. Lewis, made their way into college syllabi alongside T.S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e or F. Scott Fitzgerald's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume aims to situate Tolkien and \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e within the literary period whose sensibility grew out of the 19th-century rise of secularism and industrialism, which culminated in the cataclysm of world war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   During a pivotal moment in the history of Western culture, both Tolkien and his contemporaries--the literary modernists--engaged with the past in order to make sense of the present world, especially in the wake of World War I. While Tolkien and the modernists share many of the same concerns, their responses to the crisis of modernity are often antithetical. While the work of the modernists emphasizes alienation and despair, Tolkien's work underscores the value of fellowship and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233213600088,"sku":"9780786478989","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786478989.jpg?v=1764988236","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tolkien-and-the-modernists","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}