Essay

Moria is often remembered as one of the great dungeon sequences in fantasy literature. The Fellowship enters through a hidden

The One Ring is usually understood as an object of power. It tempts, corrupts, dominates, and destroys. It offers invisibility

One of the most haunting phrases in Tolkien’s legendarium is “the long defeat.” Galadriel uses it in The Lord of

The Third Age of Middle-earth is often remembered as the age of hobbits, wandering wizards, hidden kings, and one final

In his landmark essay On Fairy-stories, J.R.R. Tolkien coined the term eucatastrophe to describe “the sudden joyous turn,” the moment