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This article shows the relationship between Saxo Grammaticus' "Gesta Danorum" (History of the Danes) (Saxo was a Danish historian and mythographer who composed a Latin work on the legendary past of Denmark as well as Scandinavian... more
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      MythologyJ. R. R. TolkienMedieval ScandinaviaBeowulf
Niniejsza praca ma na celu przedstawienie teorii mitotwórczej J. R. R. Tolkiena, z perspektywy jej wymiaru duchowego. Od czasów antycznych teorie, tudzież filozofie, opierały się na myśleniu abstrakcyjnym i miały za zadanie wyjaśnienie... more
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      Creative WritingCritical TheoryBritish LiteratureMythology And Folklore
Originally published at The Medieval Review tmrl@indiana.edu, 4/8/2018. While researched, written, and published before most of last year's momentous discussions about the role of race, gender, politics, and ideology in medieval studies... more
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      Media StudiesMedia and Cultural StudiesReception StudiesMedieval Literature
A study of Catholic history, prophecies, mysticism and conspiracy theories that may have inspired elements of JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings', in particular, the 'Great Monarch and Angelic Pontiff' prophecies. 100 page document... more
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      Catholic StudiesJ. R. R. TolkienConspiracy TheoriesMysticism
[en ligne également sur HAL : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01063345] Le Seigneur des Anneaux, l’œuvre majeure de Tolkien, relate, on le sait, une aventure marquée par le merveilleux ; mais il rapporte aussi l’histoire du... more
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Artykuły naukowe Tolkien w oczach mediewisty Thomas Honegger Tolkien i wikingowie. Czyli o związkach J. R. R. Tolkiena z wiktoriańską literaturą na temat Północy Michał Leśniewski Z Prus do Anglii. Saga rodziny J. R. R.... more
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      Critical TheoryBritish LiteratureHistoryCultural History
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      Victorian StudiesMedievalism19th-Century/Victorian MedievalismVictorian Literature
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      English LiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienFantasy LiteratureRetold Fairy Tales
Creating a game based on JRR Tolkien's beloved epic high fantasy books is like stepping into the ring of a championship fight. The pressure is so high, you'll either choke, leading to a terrible game, or you'll bring your A-game and knock... more
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      J. R. R. TolkienGamingTolkienJRR Tolkien
A response to David Matthews' monograph, Medievalism. A Critical History (2015).
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      Medieval HistoryMedieval StudiesMedievalismContemporary Medievalism
French translation of 'Mittelerde: Tolkien und die germanische Mythologie' by Rudolf Simek, 2005, published in Passés Composés in 2019. As translators, we adapted the book to a French public and annotated with many references and notes.... more
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      MythologyOld Norse LiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienFantasy Literature
La parabole de la tour, racontée par Tolkien dans son essai sur Beowulf, résume bien son rejet de toute recherche des sources et sa volonté d’envisager le texte épique comme un poème. De la même manière, je laisserai ici de côté la... more
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      TristanTolkien, medievalism
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      MedievalismContemporary MedievalismJ. R. R. TolkienTolkien, medievalism
It is well known that soft iron owes its transformation into steel to the addition of carbon. Carbon is the hardest substance on Earth - diamond. Carbon is the mainstay of Life on Earth, since everything living on our planet is built from... more
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      Metallurgical EngineeringPhilologyMythology And FolkloreHistory
Cet article se propose de démontrer que, malgré l'idée reçue de la mort de l'épopée, la modernité a bien donné naissance à des textes participant de ce genre. Pour ce faire, nous avançons que l'épopée n'existe pas seulement comme oeuvre,... more
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      LiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienLiterary TheoryEpic poetry
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      British LiteratureComparative LiteratureGender StudiesEnglish Literature
Uppseld hjá forlaginu en fáanleg sem prentuð eftir pöntun, og sem rafbók.
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      Comparative LiteratureEnglish LiteratureLiteratureLiterature and cinema
MA Thesis
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      High Middle AgesPatristicsOld English LiteratureJ. R. R. Tolkien
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      MedievalismContemporary MedievalismDigital MedievalismChristine de Pizan
An article published in The Conversation
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      Mythology And FolkloreFolklorePopular CultureJ. R. R. Tolkien
Anárion is one of the characters that acts as a direct link between J.R.R. Tolkien’s histories of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. This biography considers his role in Tolkien's larger themes, his place in the legendarium, and... more
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      J. R. R. TolkienFantasy LiteratureTolkien, medievalismLord of the Rings
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      J. R. R. TolkienTolkienJRR TolkienTolkien, medievalism
Discourse analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien through "Beowulf: the monsters and the critics" by Nacho Sigal The essay "Beowulf: the monsters and the critics" was originally conceived to be presented at a lecture given at the British Academy for... more
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      Discourse AnalysisJ. R. R. TolkienCritical Discourse AnalysisTolkien
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      European HistoryModern HistoryMusicologyInternational Relations
séminaire « Tolkien » à l’ENS Paris, 25 janvier 2016 ; intervention, à l’occasion de la publication en français de "Beowulf. Traduction et commentaire", éd. de Christopher Tolkien, trad. de Christine Laferrière, et de la nouvelle... more
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      Comparative LiteraturePublishingTranslation StudiesJ. R. R. Tolkien
In common parlance "medieval" is synonymous with "backward" "benighted" and "barbaric." Films, literature, and journalistic language about the Middle Ages and medievalizing fantasy worlds commonly reinforce this perceived equivalency by... more
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      Sociology of ViolenceViolenceAmputation & Prosthetic WearersMedievalism
"Pour la première fois en France, la BnF célèbre J.R.R. Tolkien à l'occasion d'une grande exposition événement. Dialoguant avec les collections de la BnF, les manuscrits, dessins, cartes et photographies de l'honorable professeur d'Oxford... more
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      J. R. R. TolkienTolkienTolkien, medievalismTolkien Studies
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      MedievalismJ. R. R. TolkienTolkienJRR Tolkien
El ensayo “Beowulf: the monsters and the critics” fue concebido originalmente para ser expuesto en una conferencia dictada en la British Academy for humanities and social sciencies, el 25 de noviembre de 1936 en homenaje a Sir Israel... more
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      J. R. R. TolkienBeowulfJRR TolkienBeowulf Translation
Table of Contents: E.L. Risden: Introduction Ann F. Howey: Father Doesn’t Know Best: Uther and Arthur in BBC’s Merlin Leah Haught: “What if your future was the past?”: Temporality, Gender, and the “Isms” of Outlander Elan Pavlinich: The... more
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      Medieval StudiesMedievalismContemporary Medievalism19th-Century/Victorian Medievalism
A plea for more public engagement by medievalists.
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      Medieval StudiesMedievalismContemporary Medievalism19th-Century/Victorian Medievalism
Supervision de la traduction par Christine Laferrière de :
J.R.R Tolkien, Beowulf. Traduction et commentaire, Paris, Christian Bourgois éditeur, octobre 2015, 464 p
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      MedievalismContemporary MedievalismJ. R. R. TolkienBeowulf
E. L. Risden: Introduction Glenn Steinberg: Teaching Shakespeare’s Sources and Contexts William Hodapp: Shakespearean Medievalism in Performance: The Second Tetralogy Bonnie J. Erwin: “Is This Winning?”: Reflections on Teaching The Two... more
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      MedievalismContemporary Medievalism19th-Century/Victorian MedievalismDigital Medievalism
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      WelshJ. R. R. TolkienCymraeg - the Welsh languageTolkien
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      J. R. R. TolkienFirst World WarTolkienJRR Tolkien