Revision of the author's thesis--Cornell University, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index.

"C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are two of the most interesting and entertaining writers of fantasy in the twentieth century. Certainly they are two of the most popular, and in their own domain, they have been considered among the very best of popular practitioners. The literary and artistic merits of their work are in themselves enough to justify an extended discussion of their work. But they have another interest for the student of intellectual and cultural history. They present striking examples of the moral dilemma with which all conscientious intellectuals must deal. Not out of society but unhappy in it, they are among many who have attempted a mode of escape and criticism of modern society. They have been among the most sensitive registers of the moral crisis in modern capitalist society." --,From preface.

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