Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

matthew dickerson jonathan evans john elder tom shippey

Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion brings together three potent and convincing elements of preservation and conservation--sustainable agriculture and agrarianism, horticulture independent of utilitarianism, and

Genres nonfictionliteratureliterary criticismnatureenvironmentecology

344 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1,2006

Series

Culture of the Land

This edition

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Published: November 17, 2006 by University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813124186
ASIN: 0813124182
Language: English

About the author

matthew dickerson

Matthew Dickerson (PhD, Cornell University) is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, a writer, the former director of the New England Young Writers' Conference at Bread Loaf and the current co-director of the Northern Pen Young Writers' Conference. His previous works include fantasy novels The Gifted and The Betrayed; works about fantasy including From Homer to Harry Potter along with Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis, A Hobbit Journey, and Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R .R. Tolkien; some medieval historic romance including The Rood and the Torc; and even philosophy of mind and computation The Mind and the Machine: What it Means to be Human and Why it Matters.