CONTENTS

Chapter 1: “A Fundamentally Religious and Catholic Work”

Chapter 2: The Mirror of Man

Chapter 3: Middle-Earth and the Middle Ages

Chapter 4: The Darkening of the Ring

Chapter 5: Who Meant Frodo to Have the Ring?

Chapter 6: The Enigma of Tom Bombadil

Chapter 7: Fighting the Long Defeat

Chapter 8: The Three Faces of Everyman

Chapter 9: Words Made Flesh

Chapter 10: Words and Wizards

Chapter 11: Worms and Lizards

Chapter 12: Magic and Miracle

Chapter 13: Kings and Queens

Chapter 14: The Thread of Life

Chapter 15: Heaven Haven

Notes

Index