I'm just finishing John Eldredge's "Waking the Dead" and he makes large use of the Lord of the Rings, pointing out its epic mythology and how these themes of mythic reality, of a cosmic conflict and of the crucial role of the various characters echoes in the Christian meta-narrative.
I first read the Lord of the Rings in 1971 -- it was final exam week of my first semester in college. It did little to help my GPA, but it is one of the few books that I've read again and again.
As to the charge that it is "20th century writing," I take that as a strength and not a weakness. The idea of an author writing in the language of his readers seems... well, incarnational.
I first read the Lord of the Rings in 1971 -- it was final exam week of my first semester in college. It did little to help my GPA, but it is one of the few books that I've read again and again.
As to the charge that it is "20th century writing," I take that as a strength and not a weakness. The idea of an author writing in the language of his readers seems... well, incarnational.
