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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26 September 2016

These Are Not The Elves You're Looking For. (I)

Cover Image © John Howe Last year several friends asked me to join them in writing an article for a festschrift to honor the schola...

22 September 2016

In Dwimordene, In Lórien (TT 3.vi.514)

'Then it is true, as Éomer reported, that you are in league with the Sorceress of the Golden Wood?' said Wormtongue. 'It is...

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 ...

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