Tolkien's world is Not a "modern myth"

I have reworked my post on the "fuzziness" of myth, from a couple of days ago - and with reference to JRR Tolkien's work - over at the Notion Club Papers blog. 

The argument is that Tolkien is "literature" rather than myth; tied to his actual writings in a way that myth is (almost by definition) not. 

I also mention that the idea Tolkien is a myth is used as a "justification" for new "versions" of Tolkien, mostly in other media such as movies and TV, that distort, subvert, and invert the spirit and meanings of the original. 

We can see how far this process can go with such characters as Sherlock Holmes; where, nowadays, few read the superb original stories, and most people "know" Holmes only through the lens of recent - and didactically leftist - "re-interpretations". 

Of course; such deliberate desecration and destruction of Tolkien's real greatness cannot be prevented or stopped - those behind the process are too wealthy and powerful for that; but we can recognize and inwardly reject what is going-on.