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The Mythmakers:
The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel)
John Hendrix
Hardback: Harry N. Abrams, 2024
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“The Mythmakers brings the life and the work of C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien to our attention in a fresh way. And through this, Hendrix makes an apology for myth as Lewis and Tolkien saw it. Both men saw first-hand the brutal culmination of industrialization at the service of nationalism: life in the trenches of World War I broke the spell of that era’s myth in the saving power of the Enlightenment. The shattered promise of enlightened values and technological advancement to move society into a new age of perfection was devastating. But despite the disillusionment from that time, society had already been deeply shaped by the lessons of the Enlightenment: society had moved beyond the need for superstition, in other words, for myth. We have inherited that lesson: myth is just another word for a lie, a falsehood—it covers over the facts of reality. One of the lasting damages of the Enlightenment, then, is also the continued disregard for myth, or the belief that myths are a thing of the past.”
— Tyler Selby, from our review
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