Abstract
Examines Tolkien’s treatment of economics in Middle-earth, using tobacco as an example of a Lukácsian fetishized commodity, and explains why this is important not just as an example of world-building but as an indicator of the power and danger of unexamined economic assumptions.
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Steven
(2016)
"Breaking the Dragon's Gaze: Commodity Fetishism in Tolkien's Middle-earth,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 34
:
No.
2
, Article 8.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol34/iss2/8