Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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25 August 2016

The Last Temptation of Galadriel -- Catechism, Gospel, and Fairy-story in 'The Mirror of Galadriel'

In discussing Death as the Gift of Ilúvatar to Men, Tolkien once wrote that a "divine 'punishment' is also a divine ...

06 August 2016

The Defense of the Homburg -- Wait, What?

That would be a Homburg on Churchill's head. In a pdf of Tolkien's letter to Forrest J. Ackerman (of Famous Monsters of Filml...

02 August 2016

Guest Post: Jeremiah Burns on Haldir the Troll (FR 2.vi.348-49)

From time to time I have remarked on passages in which I think Tolkien may be having a bit of fun with his readers. This morning my ...

28 July 2016

'Radagast The Bird-Tamer!' and the Characterization of Saruman (FR 2.ii.238-39)

Radagast's Cunning © Lucas Graciano At the Council of Elrond Gandalf describes Radagast as 'a master of shapes and changes of...

20 July 2016

In/Of, Or, What's a Little Preposition Between Friends?

Note that Galadriel says: 'For the Lord of the Galadhrim is accounted the wisest of the Elves of Middle-earth,' not '...

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