Abstract
This paper attempts to place Tolkien’s fiction in a distinctively English literary context: a tradition of visionary writing which strives toward national epic, existing from Spenser through Milton (and in certain respects, Blake) to Tolkien.
Recommended Citation
Greene, Dierdre
(1996)
"Higher Argument: Tolkien and the tradition of Vision, Epic and Prophecy,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 21
:
No.
2
, Article 10.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol21/iss2/10
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