In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss leftist interpretations of Tolkien's work, and take some detours along the way.

Primary sources:

The Hobbit | The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Secondary sources:

Landa - Slaves of the Ring: Tolkien's Political Unconscious

Curry - Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity

Jameson - The Political Unconscious: Narrative As A Socially Symbolic Act

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

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