The Lord of the Rings
The long defeat and the unexpected grace; the road that goes ever on, and the small hands that turn the wheel of the world.
Everything on the site that stands in the orbit of Tolkien’s book — the poems it stirred, the evenings spent reading it aloud, the talks that turn on it, and its place on Malcolm’s own shelves — gathered here in one place. The church year recedes to a tag beside each piece.
Written words
AllThe road goes ever on
Out of the door where it began,
the long road waits for everyman …
On hobbits and humility
The smallest are sent where the great cannot go — a gospel hidden in a children’s tale …
Eucatastrophe & the sudden turn
Tolkien’s word for the joy beyond the walls of the world, and its deepest echo in the Resurrection …
A Spell in the Library a strand of 6
The whole strandGoldberry and the river-daughter
The riddle of Tom Bombadil
The long defeat & the eucatastrophe
Oratory
Tolkien and the recovery of wonder
On sub-creation, the consolation of the happy ending, and the long defeat — a lecture drawing on On Fairy-Stories. [ placeholder ]
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In Malcolm’s Library
The Lord of the Rings
Malcolm’s own well-worn three volumes — the book he returns to more than almost any other. [ placeholder note ]
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