Patrick Curry | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Winnipeg, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz, London School of Economics, University College London |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, author |
| Notable work | Defending Middle-earth |
Patrick Curry (born 1951) is an independent Canadian-born British scholar who has worked and taught on a variety of subjects from cultural astronomy to divination, the ecology movement, and the nature of enchantment. He is known for his studies of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Other Tolkien scholars have endorsed many of Curry's views of Tolkien's work, but have found it inappropriate that he combines scholarly analysis with polemic or political advocacy. Tom Shippey agrees with Curry that critical responses to Tolkien have too often been hostile, and that enchantment differs from magic; he suggests that Tolkien would endorse Curry as the critic "closest to the secret of enchantment".[1]