TY - BOOK ID - 5412836 TI - Tolkien's modern Middle Ages AU - Chance, Jane AU - Siewers, Alfred K. PY - 2005 SN - 9781403969736 1403969736 PB - New York Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Literature and history KW - Fantasy fiction, English KW - Medievalism KW - Postmodernism (Literature) KW - Middle Earth (Imaginary place) KW - Middle Ages in literature. KW - History in literature. KW - Littérature et histoire KW - Roman fantastique anglais KW - Médiévisme KW - Postmodernisme (Littérature) KW - Terre du Milieu (Lieu imaginaire) KW - Moyen Age dans la littérature KW - Histoire dans la littérature KW - History KW - History and criticism. KW - Histoire KW - Histoire et critique KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. KW - Littérature et histoire KW - Médiévisme KW - Postmodernisme (Littérature) KW - Moyen Age dans la littérature KW - Histoire dans la littérature KW - TOLKIEN (JOHN RONALD REUEL), 1892-1973 KW - MOYEN AGE DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - POSTMODERNISME (LITTERATURE) KW - LITTERATURE ET HISTOIRE KW - LITTERATURE FANTASTIQUE KW - MEDIEVISME KW - CRITIQUE ET INTERPRETATION KW - GRANDE-BRETAGNE KW - 20E SIECLE KW - HISTOIRE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5412836 AB - J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with postmodern implications and huge commercial success. These essays examine that paradox and its significance in understanding the intersection between traditionalist and counter-culture criticisms of the modern. The approach helps to explain the popularity of his works, the way in which they continue to be brought into dialogue with Twenty-First century issues, and their contested literary significance in the academy. ER -