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The Chronicles of Narnia has sold more than 100 million copies in 47 languages. The Lord of the Rings has sold 150 million copies in 38 languages. The authors, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, were combat veterans of World War I. Great historians and statesmen have written that World War I left mankind in an abyss of desolation - and the idea of a lost generation emerging out of this war is a popular one. That might only be part of the story though. For some, like Lewis and Tolkien, the war deepened faith and helped them develop an understanding of a difficult world. To discuss their wartime service and the influence of the war on their writing, we sat down with Dr. Joseph Loconte, author of A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War.

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Citations

• Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins, 1991.

• Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988. Print.
  Part Three, Section 2 “Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan”

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Amon Anwar”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amon_Anwar (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Calimehtar”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Calimehtar_(King_of_Gondor) (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Cirion”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cirion (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Eorl”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eorl (Accessed 3/17/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Éothéod”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Éothéod (Accessed 3/19/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Field of Celebrant”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Field_of_Celebrant (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Northmen”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Northmen (Accessed 3/18/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Rohan”
  http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rohan (Accessed 3/17/21)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Rhovanion”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Rhovanion (Accessed 3/18/2021)

• Tolkien Gateway entry “Wainriders”
  http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wainriders (Accessed 3/18/21)

Recommended

• Nerd of the Rings YouTube videos about the ancient history of Rohan-
  “The Éothéod - Ancestors Of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
  Published to YouTube on October 2, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
  https://youtu.be/S-_1mTkqGaQ

• “Eorl the Young: Founder of Rohan | Tolkien Explained”
  Published on YouTube on October 9, 2020 (Accessed 3/19/2021)
  https://youtu.be/c2EHaA44CRw

Today’s episode was produced by James Pierson. James can be found on titter @jpierson

Citations

Forchhammer, T. (2015). On Tolkien’s Notes on “Fate and Free Will”. Retrieved 2021, from http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/on-tolkiens-notes-on-fate-and-free-will/

Tolkien, J. (2009). Notes and Documents, Fate and Free Will (C. F. Hostetter, Ed.). Tolkien Studies, 6, 183-188.

Flieger, V. (2009). The Music and the Task: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth. Tolkien Studies, 6, 151-182.

Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). Morgoth’s Ring. London: HarperCollins, 1994.

Tolkien, J.R.R., Tolkien, Christopher (ed.). The Silmarillion. Houghton Mifflin Company

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It's wizard week here at Story Hole Inc., and we're getting into the spirit with a deep look at arguably the most important wizard: GANDALF. You know him from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but where does the come from? Who is he? And what makes him so important to our concept of what a wizard even is? Get in this hole and find out.

April, Keri, Stacy, and Chris take a trip to Middle Earth and dive into J.R.R. Tolkien's saga, The Lord of the Rings. Join us on this epic quest.

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Citations

Tolkien, J.R.R. Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

Rutledge, A. A. (2012). “Justice is not Healing”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Pauline Constructs in “Finwë and Míriel”. Tolkien Studies, 9, 59-73.

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On this episode of Meanwhile Back On The Podcast, we are "Tolkien" about Amazon Prime's upcoming Lord Of The Rings series! 

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When and where will it be set? what characters could we potentially see? What storylines will we witness be brought to life on the small screen? Who's been cast? And most important question of all, why is there an intimacy consultant already on staff? Are we going to be seeing Elf and Dwarf naughty bits? And will they be proportional? 

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Owen Barfield agreed with the other Inklings, like JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, that the life of Jesus marked a pivot point in history. But he had a particularly powerful way of capturing the truth…

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Today we discuss a passage from The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I (Rob) love this book and the many thoughts that spring from it. Join us as we chat about life’s dragons. 

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Sources

-  J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part 1

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Later Quenta Silmarillion", Part 2 The Second Phase IV "Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"

- Walls-Thumma, Dawn M. (2016) "Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3

- The Chroniclers of Arda By Måns Björkman

- Stages and Logic of the fictitious tradition of Tolkien’s Legendarium (Red Book of Westmarch)

- Amanye Tenceli 

Adventures in Middle-earth role playing game by Cubicle 7: https://www.cubicle7games.com/adventures-in-middle-earth/

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This week we Return to the Cringe with special guest Joe Raik and the conclusion of our conversation about The Lord of the Rings! Last week we leaned heavily on our love and affection, so of course this week will be a closer look at what parts of Middle Earth make us flinch: the narrative importance of blood purity, the flatness of the female characters, and Frodo's fan base amongst the alt-right against Tolkien's record on racism. On the bright side, we make time for Ultimate Boyfriend Samwise Gamgee and the many memes of our childhood. 

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Time to take a long expected journey with actor and director Joe Raik as we delve deep into JRR Tolkein's seminal masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. As is fitting a saga of this stature, we simply couldn't complete our quest in one episode. This week we'll start with our childhood memories, our favorite moments, and we'll just dip our toes in the shallow end of the cringe pool when we talk about Middle Earth's racial politics. 

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Sources

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letter 214)

- http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1176-beyond-birthdays-letter-214.php (accessed 8/25/2020)

- “Hobbits and Museums” by Sandra Bishop
Source: Culna, Volume 2002, Issue 57, Dec 2002, p. 03 - 04
© Publisher: National Museum
Persistent Link : https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA10162275\_536 (Accessed August 28, 2020)

- The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien.

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Sources

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- Kane, Douglas C. (2008) "Reconstructing Arda: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 27 : No. 1, Article 4.

Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol27/iss1/4

- Walls-Thumma, Dawn M. (2016) "Attainable Vistas: Historical Bias in Tolkien's Legendarium as a Motive for Transformative Fanworks," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3 , Article 3. 

Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss3/3

- Retrieved from Dawn’s blog post titled: “The Deaths of Kings: Historical Bias in the Death Scenes of Fëanor and Fingolfin” found at: http://dawnfelagund.com/node/8

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References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Sources

Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_(edition)

Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight

Wikipedia “Cotton Library” Accessed April 22, 2020. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_library

Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rpt. Mariner Books, 2005. Print.

“Galadriel and Morgan Le Fey: Tolkien’s Redemption of the Lady of the Lacuna” by Susan Carter published in Mythlore Vol 25 Number 3/4 (spring-summer 2007).

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, HaperCollins e-books. 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an introduction by Simon Armitage, Published Jan 31, 2018, https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-an-introduction (Accessed April 22, 2020). 

BBC Documentary:” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)

Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 movie

https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)

Emily Cheeseman’s Gawain and the Green Knight:

http://emilycheeseman.com/greenknight/ (Accessed April 23, 2020)

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References

Interested in Tolkien Studies? You too can end up with a bunch of weird theories about elf society! Check out Mythgard Institute: https://mythgard.org

Sources

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)"

- J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A “Annals of the Kings and Rulers”

- H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin

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References

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Sources

• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Notion Club Papers. Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth Volume 9), edited by Christopher Tolkien, Harper Collins, London, 1992.
• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lost Road. The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth Volume 5), edited by Christopher Tolkien, Harper Collins, re-issue edition 2002.Flieger, Verlyn. “’The Lost Road’ and ‘The Notion Club Papers’: Myth, History, and Time-travel.” A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Stuart D. Lee, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014, pp. 161-172.