One ring to bind them all

Anne Petty's 'One Ring to Bind Them All' delves into J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' through the lens of folkloristic and mythic structures. Using the methodologies of Joseph Campbell, Vladimir Propp, and Claude Levi-Strauss, Petty reveals how Tolkien's epic manifests as a 20th-century mythology. This cross-disciplinary analysis highlights the reinvented mythic archetypes and icons present in Middle-earth, from the desperate quest and magical objects to the wise wizard and the reluctant hero.