Elvish Practitioners of the \u27Secret Vice\u27 [PDF]
, 2018 In the course of his life Tolkien explored his thoughts and feelings on the role of language-invention in fiction in two key manifestos – his November 1931 talk \u27A Secret Vice\u27 and his 1954 O\u27Donnell lecture \u27English and Welsh\u27.
Higgins, Andrew, Dr.
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Intertextuality and Iconography in Sergei Iukhimov\u27s Illustrations for The Lord of the Rings: Five Case Studies [PDF]
, 2019 Intertextuality and Iconography in Sergei Iukhimov’s Illustrations for The Lord of the Rings: Five Case Studies Abstract J.R.R. Tolkien once remarked in a letter to his publisher that his friends had been so impressed by Pauline Baynes’ illustrations for
Merriner, Joel
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Fantasy Incarnate: Of Elves and Men [PDF]
, 2016 This essay proposes the idea of incarnation as a key to unlocking Tolkien’s conception of fantasy as set out in the \u27Origins\u27 section of On Fairy Stories.
Cook, Simon J, Dr.
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The Flat Earth Made Round and Tolkien’s Failure to Finish The Silmarillion [PDF]
, 2020 Towards the end of his career, J. R. R. Tolkien faced many obstacles both internal and external that stood in the way of his finishing and publishing The Silmarillion. This paper explores the various elements that contributed to his dilemma and concludes
Rateliff, John D.
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Tolkien: Esperanto, Sindarin and Welsh [PDF]
, 2022 La majstroverko de Tolkien estas sendube La Mastro de la Ringoj, en kiu la aŭtoro rakontas fantastan epopeon de lando, kiun li nomas Meza Tero. Por ĉi tiu mondo, li kreis almenaŭ dek kvar lingvojn, unu por ĉiuj popoloj, kiuj enloĝas ĝin.
Barron, Paul Harry
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Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) edited by Daniel Helen [PDF]
, 2018 Book review by Amy Amendt-Raduege of Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017), edited by Daniel ...
Amendt-Raduege, Amy
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\u27Those Who Cling in Queer Corners To The Forgotten Tongues and Memories of an Elder Day\u27: J.R.R. Tolkien, Finns and Elves [PDF]
, 2016 Those Who Cling in Queer Corners To The Forgotten Tongues and Memories of an Elder Day\u27 J.R.R. Tolkien, Finns and Elves Dr. Andrew Higgins In this paper I will explore how several historic, literary and mythic associations of the Finnish people with ...
Higgins, Andrew Scott
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Tolkien\u27s Calques of Classicisms: Who Knew Elvish Latin, What Did the Rohirrim Read, and Why Was Bilbo Cheeky? [PDF]
, 2021 In his legendarium, Tolkien presents four variants of what would be considered classicism in the Primary World: but the presence of all-but-immortal elves creates situations in which a classicizing devotion to ancient exemplars might not ...
Houghton, John Wm.
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Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T. Hooker [PDF]
, 2016 Book review of Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T ...
Goering, Nelson
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Sub-creating Arda (2019), edited by Dimitra Fimi and Thomas Honegger [PDF]
, 2019 Book review by Dennis Wilson Wise of Sub-creating Arda (2019), edited by Dimitra Fimi and Thomas ...
Wise, Dennis Wilson
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