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The Truth Beyond Memory.(J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings")
Professor J. R. R. Tolkien was grading papers on a summer day in 1928 when he came upon a blank page in an exam book. Something inspired him to scribble a few words: "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." The whole thing might have ended there, but it was only a beginning. "Names always generate a story in my mind," he explained later. "Eventually I thought I'd better find out what hobbits were like."
By now, millions of readers know what hobbits are like. They're the short, rustic, and unlikely heroes of the 20th century's best-loved book, The Lord of the Rings, as well as The Hobbit, a preceding story written mainly for children. They're about to ...
- Following the many roads of recent Tolkien Scholarship.(The Road to...
- Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature Wood, Ralph C. June 22, 2005 700+ words
...The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design...volume History of Middle-earth edited by Christopher Tolkien--the literary...Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth (Westminster John...
- M2: Middle Earth awaits: The Tolkien trail.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) May 18, 2002 700+ words
...provided the inspiration for Tolkien's Middle Earth, a fantastical land peopled...their knowledge with a Tolkien quiz, take part in a...colouring challenge, join a Tolkien trail talk and find out about Middle Earth crafts. Enthusiasts will...
- The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of...
- Magazine article from: Mythlore Bratman, David March 22, 2008 700+ words
...EVOLUTION OF TOLKIEN'S MYTHOLOGY...HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH. Elizabeth...History of Middle-earth. Christopher Tolkien's twelve...history of Middle-earth: the order...order in which Tolkien wrote about...
- The Battle for Middle-Earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in the Lord of the...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Spach, Robert April 5, 2005 700+ words
The Battle for Middle-Earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in...repeated claim that Tolkien's epic depicts a struggle...Rather, she contends, Tolkien portrays a battle in...various races populating Middle-Earth), and a powerful...
- The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Catholic Education Sejdinaj, Jeny September 1, 2006 700+ words
...that center around Middle-Earth, a world inhabited...orcs, and wargs, Tolkien constructs a creation...good versus evil. Tolkien was a devout Catholic, and although Middle-Earth contains no prescribed...the stories of Middle-Earth. Wood uses the...regarding some of ...
- Archaeology and the sense of history in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (1).
- Magazine article from: Mythlore Sabo, Deborah September 22, 2007 700+ words
...the whole Middle-earth legendarium. (2) But Tolkien also knew...place. Thus, Tolkien has carefully...landscape of Middle-earth, and worked...characters. Tolkien has created...landscape for Middle-earth. He has his...
- Defending Middle-Earth. Tolkien: Myth and Modernity.
- Magazine article from: Folklore Wood, Juliette January 1, 1998 700+ words
Defending Middle-Earth. Tolken: Myth and...popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the...s excellent work on Tolkien as a text within the...extended comparison between Tolkien's use of trees in...the protesters to "Middle-Earth Hobbits" while a member...
- Tolkien Is Back, Like Magic: A New Portrait Of Middle-Earth.
- Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) April 17, 2007 700+ words
...stopped J.R.R. Tolkien. "The Children of...another saga set in Tolkien's Middle-earth, appears in bookstores...sorting out the elaborate Middle-earth world. She once had to deliver a talk to the Tolkien Society about the author...
