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41 - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Philologist
Fantasy Literature
41 - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Philologist
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Fantasy Literature has emerged as one of the most important genres over the past few decades and now enjoys extraordinary levels of popularity. The impact of Tolkien’s Middle-earth works and the serialisation of George Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ books has moved these and their contemporaries into mainstream culture. As the popularity grows so does interest in the roots of fantasy, the main writers and themes, and how to approach these texts. Oxford is a natural home to fantasy literature with those who worked or studied here having written so many famous and influential texts (e.g. Lewis Carroll (C. L. Dodgson), C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones, Alan Garner, and Philip Pullman to name but a few) – leading to the notion of an ‘Oxford School of Fantasy’. These lectures, short talks, and interviews seek to take listeners into these works and these writers and beyond. All material released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ . [Artwork by Minjie Su.]

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  • Fantasy Literature
    41 - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Philologist
    Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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    40 - Tolkien and Beowulf
    Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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    39 - A Heroic History of the Elves: Tolkien’s “lost” Mythology of England?
    Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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    38 - Tolkien and the Classics
    Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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    35 - Peak Middle-earth: Why Mount Doom is not the climax of 'The Lord of the Rings'
    Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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