The Queen, The Shire, And Amazon’s Absurd Attempt To Commodify Tolkien
Federalist Radio Hour
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What Do You Think Tolkien Tells Us?
Roxanne Jones: Tolkien was writing in a time when many changes were taking place. She asks what do you think Tolkien's observations about the world as we reflect on this century? Jones: He did not like industrialism, he did not likeindustrial capitalism. And so much of what he writes about is power and that power tends to corrupt.
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