Dave Spiller
@davespiller.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology at Truro and Penwith College. Associate Lecturer in Classics, University of Reading. PhD researcher in Late Antique archaeology and history.
TRAC standing committee.
TRAC standing committee.
This is hardly original literary analysis, but (as much as I love it) LOTR is decidedly a reactionary work. Part of its appeal to the '60s left was that it was so reactionary it jarred with the contemporary right. The left-wing love of trees (and Ents) only really got going after LOTR's publication.
May 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is hardly original literary analysis, but (as much as I love it) LOTR is decidedly a reactionary work. Part of its appeal to the '60s left was that it was so reactionary it jarred with the contemporary right. The left-wing love of trees (and Ents) only really got going after LOTR's publication.
Alexander Falilyev had an interesting article in Studia Celtica a couple of years ago. I'm not entirely convinced by the second note or the older arguments it draws on but it's still very much worth a read.
November 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Alexander Falilyev had an interesting article in Studia Celtica a couple of years ago. I'm not entirely convinced by the second note or the older arguments it draws on but it's still very much worth a read.