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Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are an enigma, so much so that Peter Jackson left them out. So, who are they? Michael Organ has argued convincingly through his biographical analysis of Tolkien’s narrative structuring - and also evidence…
22 Halimath, 1389. The start of a beautiful friendship... Frodo stepped out of the cart and looked at his new home. Bilbo turned to him and beamed. “Well, Frodo, my lad, what do you think?”…
Introduction In the late 1930’s and 1940’s, Oxford witnessed the existence of a literary circle of friends that was to have a significant impact on the shape and course of modern fantasy literature: the Inklings.…
Cynicism, mercilessness, despair, apathy and parody: these are not the way of the Holy Spirit. In Tolkien’s legendarium evil often takes the path down this route, and Tolkien’s heroes struggle relentlessly in the fray of…
Loyalty, or in other words, faithfulness is one of the main themes of both Tolkien’s Middle-earth novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Undoubtedly, one of the main constituents of loyalty is solidarity…
The scholars who researched the virtue of wisdom in Tolkien’s work most extensively are Smith, Dickerson, Markos, and Walsh. They all agree in the understanding of wisdom as an ability to discern between various choices…
Pity and mercy are virtues that, plot-wise, play a crucial role in The Lord of the Rings, and in the conception of which Christian morality is the most evident. The terms are occasionally used interchangeably.…
Preparations Part Two Day 4 - Oxford to Birmingham Since our bus to Birmingham was leaving at 11:30, I decided to go and see the bust of Tolkien at English Faculty Library right after breakfast,…
Preparations: Part One When I learnt that the Bodleian Libraries were going to organize an all Tolkien exhibition, providing an opportunity to see his manuscripts and other personal items, as comes only once in a…
Courage is the virtue of which Tolkien most markedly juxtaposed the ancient (pagan) world understanding with the Christian. By courage, most people understand the habit of not being afraid to face danger and do heroic…
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