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Keynote Address: On Hobbit Lore & Tolkien Criticism [PDF]
Keynote Speech, First Annual Tolkien Conference, Belknap College, October 1968. Discusses the contemporary state of Tolkien criticism and scholarship, classifying it into certain categories: bibliographic studies, literary criticism, Middle-earth studies
Lerner, Fred
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Abstract The BookSampo Linked Data portal was deployed in 2011 by the Finnish Public Libraries and has today nearly 2 million annual users. Its Linked Data covers virtually all Finnish fiction literature but the data has not been used for data analyses in Digital Humanities. This paper discusses how the Knowledge Graph can be used for literary research
Annastiina Ahola +2 more
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The Status of Tolkien Scholarship [PDF]
Assesses the contemporary state of Tolkien scholarship, dismissing “Middle-earth studies” as not true ...
West, Richard C.
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Jane Chance (ed.), Tolkien the Medievalist [PDF]
Jane Chance, professeure à l’université de Rice (Texas), a publié à ce jour une vingtaine de livres. Tolkien the Medievalist se situe au croisement de ses deux domaines de recherche. J.
Mouton, Marguerite
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National Report of Teachers' Experiences With School Justifications for Book Censorship
ABSTRACT This study shares the findings from a large national survey of 4096 secondary English teachers to better understand their experiences with censors' justifications for book bannings. This study focuses on the 1793 teachers who said that their school, district, or library censored select books.
Ricki Ginsberg, Kyungae Chae
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There and there again: Hydrothermal vent communities at Mokuyo Seamount, 30 years apart
Revisiting the little‐known deep‐sea hydrothermal vent field on Mokuyo Seamount, Izu‐Ogasawara Arc 30 years apart revealed decadal changes in venting activity and faunal distributions. We also update the species list of chemosynthetic ecosystem at Mokuyo from three to 18, a key baseline data for the management of this ecologically significant site ...
Chong Chen +4 more
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Philology and the Lived Imagination: Vico, Collingwood, and Tolkien [PDF]
This paper endeavors to uniquely address a question proposed by Tom Shippey in a guest editorial for Mallorn issue 45. “[R.G.] Collingwood and Tolkien were both Fellows of Pembroke College for nearly a decade till 1934, when Collingwood took up a Chair ...
Lauro, Reno
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Superlongevity and African Ethics
ABSTRACT I apply African moral precepts to the topic of ‘superlongevity’. I make the case that African theories give rise to three specific sorts of moral concern about life extension that are distinct from similar objections in Western literature: first, superlongevity presents a challenge to identity; second, significantly longer lives face increased
Christopher S. Wareham
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When science fiction collides with reality: The future of learning and the one after that
Abstract This article provides a somewhat whimsical discussion of the impact that AI, or “robots”, will have on the future of education. Interwoven with numerous references to science fiction, and at least one to Alice Cooper, is a very serious consideration of the manner in which AI may completely redefine the way we learn and grow as humans.
Steve Joordens
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Tolkien Studies An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume V [PDF]
Cover -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- Notes on Submissions -- Acknowledgments -- In Memoriam -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Abbreviations -- Revenge and Moral Judgement in Tolkien -- II -- III -- 1. Enemies -- 2. Friends -- IV -- V -- Notes -
Flieger, Verlyn. +2 more
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