Tag: Tolkien
Culture
Orc Marxism
Lee Konstantinou reviews Robert T. Tally Jr.’s The Mismeasure of Orcs, arguing that their inconsistent humanization by Tolkien signals a contradiction central to the fantasy genre.
Lee Konstantinou
April 28, 2026
Culture
Tolkien’s Deplorable Cultus
Robert T. Tally Jr. reads Tolkien’s corpus with the tools of Marxist literary criticism, delivering a devastating blow to the fantasy writer’s rightist fans.
Robert T. Tally Jr.
August 20, 2024