Review: Tolkien's 'The Bovadium Fragments' - A Satirical Critique of Motorized Society
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Summary
Christian Kriticos reviews 'The Bovadium Fragments,' a newly published complete work by J.R.R. Tolkien that satirizes modern mechanization and motorized society. The article explores this long-lost satire written in 1938, examining Tolkien's critique of industrialization, his use of allegory through the fictional scholar Bovadium, and how this work fits within Tolkien's broader literary legacy and environmental concerns.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledREADERS OF J. R. R. Tolkien are used to dealing with fragments. In the half century since the author's death, dozens of his unfinished works have been released, including everything from early draft materials to abandoned stories.
But despite its title, the latest posthumous Tolkien publication, The Bovadium Fragments (published in November by William Morrow), is a complete work.
Given Tolkien's enduring popularity, it is remarkable that this complete work has remained unpublished for so long.
The Bovadium Fragments represents Tolkien's satirical take on modern mechanization and the motorized world, written in 1938 but remarkably relevant today.
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