Lukasz NeubauerLukasz Neubauer received his PhD in English philology from the University of Lódź. He is a researcher and lecturer at the Koszalin University of Technology, Poland, where he has taught courses on J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, Old English literature,and Arthurian romances. Apart from his publications dealing with various medieval as well as Christian influences and resonances in The Lord of the Rings, he has written papers on The Battle of Maldon, Beowulf, Hêliand, Icelandic sagas and the so-called 'beasts of battle' trope in, particularly but not exclusively, Old Germanic poetry. His most recent publications include Middle-earth, or There and Back Again, a collection of essays written by a group of Polish scholars, and a monograph The Long Shadow of Fáfnir: Dragons in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. A Christian Perspective. Read More Read Less