Reading The Lord of the Rings

Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

• Criticism - Michael D. C. Drout, Wheaton College, Norton, MA; 2. Time and Narrative Space - Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of London; 3. Modernity - Michael Moses, Duke University; 4. Gothic Echoes - Sue Zlosnik, Manchester Metropolitan University; 5. Religion - Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London; Part II: Space, Place and Communities; 6. Invisibility and Community - Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London; 7. Dark Globalisation - Olivia Jennings, Royal Holloway, University of London; 8. Home - Simon Malpas, Manchester Metropolitan University; Part III: Gender, Sexuality and Class; 9. Anglo-Saxon Women, Tolkien's Women - Jennifer Neville, Royal Holloway, University of London; 10. Masculinity - Holly A Crocker, University of Cincinnati; 11. Homoeroticism - Dan Griffiths and Esther Saxey, both at University of Sussex; 12. Service - Scott Kleinman, California State University, Northridge; Tolkein's Futures; 13. Games - Barry Atkins, Manchester Metropolitan University; 14. After Tolkien - Roz Kaveney.

'...the articles are easily comprehensible to ordinary educated readers with no background in poststructuralism or subaltern studies...there is plenty here to stimulate thought as well as argument. Altogether, this is a highly recommendable read, at an affordable price.' Amonhen 199 Bulletin of the Tolkien Society