tolkien
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “Three is Company”
When I first read The Lord of the Rings many years ago, I remember this chapter being one…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “The Shadow of the Past”
In this chapter, the reader finally begins to learn of the origins of the Ring, not…
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Reading “The Lord of the Rings:” “Prologue”
It’s that time of year again, Tolkien Appreciation Month! This year, I’ve decided to post periodically…
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The Exquisite Queerness of Jackson’s “The Hobbit”
It is no secret that we queers have always had an appreciation and an adoration of…
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Are Tolkien’s Orcs Really THAT Evil?
In the moral universe Tolkien created, good and evil, at least on the surface, appear fairly…
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Why I’m Not a Tolkien Purist
We Tolkien fans are, not surprisingly, a very diverse group. There are those of us, for…
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Review: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
The final installment of Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy hits many of the high, operatic moments of The Lord of the…
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What Tolkien Taught Me About Writing
Once upon a time, I thought that productivity was all that mattered when it came to…
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Teaching Tolkien: Biographical, Textual, and Historical Approaches
Though I have not yet had the chance to teach an entire course on Tolkien, his…
TJ West 