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Matthew Dickerson (PhD, Cornell University) is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, a writer, the former director of the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf and the current co-director of the Northern Pen Young Writers' Conference. His previous works include fantasy novels The Gifted and The Betrayed; works about fantasy including From Homer to Harry Potter along with Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis, A Hobbit Journey, and Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R .R. Tolkien; some medieval historic romance including The Rood and the Torc; and even philosophy of mind and computation The Mind and the Machine: What it Means to be Human and Why it Matters. ...more

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	From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy by Matthew Dickerson (Goodreads Author), David L. O'Hara (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings 4.16 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth 4.10 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien by Matthew Dickerson (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Evans, John Elder (Foreword) 4.09 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mind and the Machine: What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters 3.98 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gifted (The Daegmon War #1) 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hammers & Nails: The Life and Music of Mark Heard 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aslan's Breath: Seeing the Holy Spirit in Narnia by Matthew Dickerson (Goodreads Author), Ned Bustard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis by Matthew Dickerson (Goodreads Author), David L. O'Hara (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rood and the Torc: The Song of Kristinge, Son of Finn 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The moral victory of speaking the truth is more important than any military victory that might be won through lies and deceit.”
― Matthew Dickerson, A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

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“Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium incarnates a particular philosophy or worldview. It is based on implicit answers to certain questions.”
― Matthew Dickerson, A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

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“The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which had been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity.’ . . . By putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it. As long as the story lingers in our mind, the real things are more themselves.”
― Matthew Dickerson, A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

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