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The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945
2025·288 pages
Historian explores how WWII shaped Tolkien and Lewis's friendship, faith, and fantasy works amid battles against barbarism and totalitarianism.
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Historian explores how WWII shaped Tolkien and Lewis's friendship, faith, and fantasy works amid battles against barbarism and totalitarianism.
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In a world devastated by the cataclysm of war, two extraordinary authors and friends, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, delivered a bracing vision of the human story: a path back to goodness, beauty, and faith. How did they do it For the first time, historian Joseph Loconte explains how the catastrophe of World War II transformed the lives and literary imagination of Tolkien and Lewis. The mechanized slaughter of the First World War had created a storm of disillusionment with the political and r...
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Discusses historical war violence and suffering in WWII context
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Explores Christian faith, biblical themes, and devotional ideas in their works
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Analyzes fantasy magic elements from The Lord of the Rings and Narnia
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Examines Nazism, communism, totalitarianism, and ideological conflict
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Discusses war-induced suffering, cruelty, and dehumanization
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