Tolkien and technology: fall, mortality, and the machine
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Alan Jacobs muses in The Atlantic that “from the beginnings of modern fantasy, in the work of Tolkien, technology has always been the enemy of the good life. But does it have to be that way?”
It’s an interesting thought piece that draws on some key comments Tolkien made in letters around the time Lord of the Rings was published.
“Anyway all this stuff is mainly concerned with Fall, Mortality, and the Machine.” Letter 131. Letters of JRR Tolkien.
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Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Tolkien on July 29, 2012 by DemosthenesSource: The Atlantic
