In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1939 essay \"On Fairy Stories.\" Part 1 of 2.
Primary sources:
On Fairy Stories (PDF) | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Secondary sources:
Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
For discussion of Tolkien and race/culture: Mills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto
For discussion of Tolkien's arguments with Christopher Wiseman: Garth - Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth
For discussion of \"Man and the Machine\" in Tolkien's work: Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good
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