jay--mac

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jay--mac13 karma

That is absolutely chilling. I can't say that I would want to see that either.

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Hi Dr. Maslen,

I'm a history master's student in the US. I've often wondered if there are any good works which place fantasy literature into its contemporary historical context. It seems to me, in many ways, that fantasy is a reaction against modernism, urbanism, and industrialization but at the same time some fantasy seems to embrace a lot of themes built around modern ideas of consumption (William R. Leach makes this point about Wizard of Oz in his book Land of Desire).

To get to the point I guess my question is, how grounded is fantasy as a genre in contemporary politics and popular culture? What can we learn about the 1950s by reading Tolkien?