The Mirror Crack'd: Fear and Horror in J.R.R. Tolkien's Major Works

Fear and Horror in J.R.R. Tolkien's Major Works Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008 As the subtitle, if not the titular allusion to the Idylls of the King, indicates, Lynn Forrest-Hill's edited volume, The Mirror Crack'd, gathers chapters sharing an interest in investigating Tolkien's use of fear and horror, an important and potentially useful avenue of approach that has so far been under-utilised. According to the introduction, 'it acknowledges the well-known medievalism of Tolkien's works' (1).