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Ray Bradbury, J.R. R. Tolkien, and the Benefits of Nostalgia

July 6th, 2012 | 3 min read

By Matt Miller

In an excellent piece on Ray Bradbury’s nostalgia, Andy Rau tosses off this fascinating but undeveloped parenthetical: “Of the various Christian fantasists of the 20th century, I think only J.R.R. Tolkien matches Bradbury’s sad but determined nostalgia for what we’ve left behind or cannot attain.”

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Matt Miller

Matt Miller, a native Nebraskan, teaches English at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. He is the author of an essay collection on the garden year and the church year, titled Leaves of Healing: A Year in the Garden, from Belle Point Press.