A new death for the old world, winds of industrial change that gust across green hills and dales, machines and callous hearts that dig deep into the ecosystems of Earth as trees crash upon the shrinking forest floors and ecological devastation is visited upon the land. This is the darkest hour of Middle-earth as presented in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings - how curiously all of this resembles our reality, and the environmental crisis that threatens the modern world...
This new study, in a clear and engaging tone, explores and unfolds the environmental dimension of Tolkiens work and...