Tolkien and Modernity 1 contains essays about fiction, metaphysics, free will, stereotype, and social issues in J.R.R. Tolkien's works. Compiled by Frank Weinrich and Thomas Honegger, it is the ninth book of the Cormarë Series, and was released by Walking Tree Publishers in October 2006.
Essays[]
- Anna Vaninskaya, "Tolkien: A Man of his Time?"
- Maria Raffaella Benvenuto, "Against Stereotype: Éowyn and Lúthien as 20th-Century Women"
- Laura Michel, "Politically Incorrect: Tolkien, Women, and Feminism"
- Bertrand Alliot, "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Simplicity Between the 'Truly Earthy' and the 'Absolutely Modern'"
- Jessica Burke and Anthony Burdge, "The Maker's Will... Fulfilled?"
- Frank Weinreich, "Brief Considerations on Determinism in Reality and Fiction"
- Jason Fisher, "'Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes': The Perennial Modernity of Free Will"
- Thomas Fornet-Ponse, "Freedom and Providence as Anti-Modern Elements?"
- Alexander van de Bergh, "Democracy in Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings from a Socio-Political Perspective"