Article Title

Thresholds to Middle-earth: Allegories of Reading, Allegories for Knowledge and Transformation

Authors

Andrew Hallam, Metropolitan State College of Denver, COFollow

Abstract

Alexei Kondratiev Student Presentation Award, Mythcon 42. Begins by strongly questioning Tolkien’s own assertions about allegory, and draws on a wide range of theory and scholarship to show the subtle operation of a deep pattern of allegory in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings centered around imagery of readers and reading, thresholds and journeys.