This is one way to read Tolkien's entire literary project. He suggests as much in his famous essay On Fairy-Stories (1947). As The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien attests, that same dynamic is ...

His works have ended up pretty much on the same level as our foundational myths and fairy tales, at this point – most people's idea of an Elf or a Dwarf is the type Tolkien wrote about ...

Tolkien writes: “its shadow plunged down and ... People will debate whether balrogs have wings and can fly until humanity is a fairy tale in books written by rabbits, because there are ...

Medieval people have a reputation for being superstitious – and many of the supernatural phenomena found in the pages of ...

They included children's fairy tales which were read by Tolkien - author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - when he was a boy. Some of MacDonald's work remains in print today, but Amy ...

The horror author's fantasy epic Fairy Tale was originally going to be a feature film, but is now getting a 10-episode series ...

But Tolkien is not part of the Lost Generation. He writes this fairy story that it has the pain of the Lost Generation in it, but there is an optimistic core to it. Putting those two together ...

Some west-central Illinois homeowners have crafted elaborate displays for Halloween, from one based on "The Hobbit" to one ...

Hildebrandt, whose art could be found in images associated with “ Star Wars ,” “ The Lord of the Rings ,” Marvel and DC comics and more, was 85. His wife and agent, Jean Scrocco, announced his death ...

He and his late twin brother, Tim, painted the famed “Style B” artwork for the U.K. release of the George Lucas classic.

Lev Grossman weaves a fresh new take on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, while paying homage to everything from Thomas Malory to Monty Python in the process.