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Christmas With J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father Christmas Letters
My little 2015 piece on J.R.R. Tolkien’s funny and endearing Father Christmas Letters has had quite a spin around the internet this week. I cannot think of a better Christmas note for you, dear readers...
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Trees, Leaves, Vines, Circles: Reading and Writing The Layered Worlds of...
When I was teaching J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth” for the first time a couple of years ago, we had a strong conversation around the “Debate between Finrod and Andreth.” For those who...
View ArticleWhy is Tolkien Scholarship Stronger than Lewis Scholarship? Part 3: Other...
As I have been chest-deep in academic works about C.S. Lewis and at least knee-deep in the same kinds of J.R.R. Tolkien books and articles, I conceived of a thought experiment. Without even glancing at...
View ArticleTolkien Studies Projects Sweep the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Shortlist in...
I just spent the weekend at Mythcon–a short, digital version of the normally weird and wonderful long weekend of scholarship and fan fun. Many of the parts of Mythcon that I love were still featured,...
View ArticleThe Doom and Destiny of Tolkien’s Chaucer Research: A Note on John M. Bowers,...
Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer is a book about a book that was doomed from the start. As I have been preparing for a Canterbury Tales section in a class I’m teaching, I have been using this recent winner of...
View ArticleChristmas With J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father Christmas Letters
My little 2015 piece on J.R.R. Tolkien’s funny and endearing Father Christmas Letters has had quite a spin around the internet this week. I cannot think of a better Christmas note for you, dear readers...
View ArticleTrees, Leaves, Vines, Circles: Reading and Writing The Layered Worlds of...
When I was teaching J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth” for the first time a couple of years ago, we had a strong conversation around the “Debate between Finrod and Andreth.” For those who...
View ArticleVoyaging with Voyant in Tolkien’s Expanded Letters (Part 1: Background and...
In this post, Dr. Brenton Dickieson discusses Tolkien's newly expanded letter collection, exploring its publication history and significance, and playing with some Voyant text analytical tools to...
View ArticleAn Abundance of Spreadsheets about Tolkien’s Expanded Letters (Part 2 of...
Introducing The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien I have confessed before how much I value the letter collections of authors that intrigue me. Besides C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, I’ve spent time in...
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