Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien for literary form." Jared Lobdell, evaluating the reception of Tolkien in the mainstream literary establishment (as opposed to dedicated Tolkien scholarship), cited the widely quoted negative critique by Wilson and the partly favourable one by Edwin Muir, concluding that "no 'mainstream critic' appreciated "The Lord of the Rings" or indeed was in a position to write criticism on it — most being unsure what it was and why readers liked it." Studies of Tolkien's fiction were the origin of Signum University in 2012. Marxist criticism of Tolkien is divided. Some have vilified Tolkien for his social conservatism, and for the
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