“The Lord of the Rings” as Lodestone: On Dome Karukoski’s “Tolkien”
The new biopic “Tolkien” is perhaps best understood as a prequel to “Lord of the Rings” — that is, to the film adaptations themselves.
Brian Kenna is a PhD student of English Literature at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is currently completing a project on the early work of J. R. R. Tolkien in the contexts of modernism, modernity, and World War I. He teaches in the university’s First-Year English program.
The new biopic “Tolkien” is perhaps best understood as a prequel to “Lord of the Rings” — that is, to the film adaptations themselves.
Brian Kenna on J. R. R. Tolkien's recently released "Beren and Lúthien."