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Author: J.R.R. Tolkien [John Ronald Reuel]

Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: J.R.R. Tolkien
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    -Letter To Milton Waldman (J.R.R. Tolkien, 1951)
    -Tolkien’s Easter Joy in “The Lord of the Rings” (Nathaniel Birzer, April 16th, 2022, Imaginative Conservative)
    -ESSAY: Tolkien's Political Soulcraft (Titus Techera, 2/02/22, Law & Liberty)
    -ESSAY: Tolkien's Intricate Politics: Tolkien saw the destructive potential of all forms of government. He endorsed none of them through his stories. (Henry T. Edmondson III, 2/25/22, Law & Liberty)
    -ESSAY: Tolkien on Reality (Joseph Pearce, April 27th, 2022, Imaginative Conservative)
    -REVIEW: of Tolkien's Modern Reading by Holly Ordway (Bradley J. Birzer, Law & Liberty)
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    -ESSAY: Between Middle Earth and the West: 130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien? (David Engels, 3 January, 2022, The Critic)
    -ESSAY: The Power of Poetry in The Hobbit (MARY CUFF, 10/16/21 Crisis)
    -ESSAY: Tolkien's Ring: When immortality is not enough (Spengler, 1/05/04, Asia Times)
    --ESSAY: Christ Figures in “The Lord of the Rings” (Joseph Pearce, February 8th, 2021, Imaginative Conservative)
    -LECTURE: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: J.R.R.TOLKIEN, CATHOLICISM AND THE USE OF ALLEGORY (David (Lord) Alton at the Catholic Society of Bath University and Bath Spa University College on Thursday 20th of February 2003)
    -ESSAY: THE RETURN OF THE KING: TOLKIEN AND THE NEW MEDIEVALISM: The obsession with power, will and hierarchy in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings fuels its dangerous topicality: a vindication and veneration of empire. (K.A. DILDAY, OpenDemocracy)
    -ESSAY: THE RING AND THE RINGS: Wagner vs. Tolkien (ALEX ROSS, 2003-12-15, The New Yorker)
    -ESSAY: Imaginary Histories: How Tolkien’s Fascination with Language Shaped His Literary World (Damien Bador, April 8, 2021, Lit Hub)
    -REVIEW: of The Hobbit (C. S. Lewis, The Times Literary Supplement, October 2, 1937)
    -ESSAY: How the Horror and Fellowship of World War I Shaped “Lord of the Rings” (ALEX LAUER, 12/20/21, Inside Hook)

FILM:

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    -REVIEW ESSAY: Defenders of Civilization: Two problems—war and kingship—should guide the viewer revisiting Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films twenty years later. (Titus Techera, 1/28/22, Law & Liberty)
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The Lord of the Rings [The Hobbit (1937), The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King] (1948) - J.R.R. Tolkien (01/03/1892 -09/02/1973) (Grade:A+)