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| 1 | Is Jin Yong 'China's Tolkien'? |
A comparison of the Hong Kong author Jin Yong and J. R. R. Tolkien by Jonathan Hui, English... |
Jonathan Hui |
| 2 | Mythopoeia: myth-creation and Middle-earth |
A celebration of Tolkien and his creations, with special guests Dame Marina Warner, Prof Verlyn... |
Marina Warner, Verlyn Flieger, Dimitra Fimi |
| 3 | Tolkien's turning point: Tolkien and the history of tongues |
Tom Shippey's lecture will move from the detail to the (eventual) design of Tolkien's languages... |
Tom Shippey |
| 4 | Tolkien's 'Beowulf' and the Critics |
Professor Andy Orchard digs deeper into Tolkien's edition of Beowulf and his lecture on the poem... |
Andy Orchard |
| 5 | Middle English: 'The Tree of Tongues' Tolkien's Medieval languages |
This lecture is on Tolkien and middle english. Professor Carolyne Larrington, Tutorial Fellow in... |
Carolyne Larrington |
| 6 | Medieval Welsh: 'The Tree of Tongues' Tolkien's Medieval Languages |
Tolkien once termed Welsh 'the elder language of the men of Britain'; this talk explores how the... |
Mark Williams |
| 7 | Gothic: 'The Tree of Tongues' Tolkien's Medieval Languages |
Elizabeth Solopova, Lecturer in English Literature, Christ Church, Oxford. Tolkien wrote that he... |
Elizabeth Solopova |
| 8 | Old English: 'The Tree of Tongues' Tolkien's Medieval Languages: |
Mark Atherton, Senior Lecturer in English, Regent's Park College, Oxford, gives the fourth talk... |
Mark Atherton |
| 9 | Old Norse: 'The Tree of Tongues' Tolkien's Medieval Languages |
Eleanor Parker, Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, Brasenose College, Oxford, gives the... |
Eleanor Parker |
| 10 | What is the 'Silmarillion'? |
This lecture is an introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's third major work, 'The Silmarillion' (1977... |
Grace Khuri |
| 11 | Verse and Prose in Fantasy Literature |
In this video, Katherine Olley gives an analysis of two forms that dominate fantasy literature:... |
Katherine Olley |
| 12 | Approaching Fantasy Literature |
This shortened version of a lecture seeks to introduce the listener to the concept of fantasy... |
Stuart Lee |
| 13 | Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century |
Maria Sachiko Cecire introduces the idea of an Oxford School of children’s fantasy literature,... |
Maria Sachiko Cecire |
| 14 | Middle Earth and Tolkien's Digital Afterlives |
Stuart Lee traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially 'The Lord of the Rings' have been... |
Stuart Lee |
| 15 | The Stories of Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee and Margaret Kean explore the digital afterlives of these... |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee, Margaret Kean |
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| 1 | What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil |
Smaug the Golden, Sauron the Terrible, the Balrog of Moria... These are some of J. R. R. Tolkien... |
Rafael J. Pascual |
| 2 | Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The Ring of Words' |
A discussion with the authors of 'The Ring of Words', an exploration into Tolkien's work as a... |
Stuart Lee, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner |
| 3 | Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented |
Interview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval... |
Elizabeth Solopova, Stuart Lee |
| 4 | Talking Tolkien: The influences of Medieval Literature on the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien |
Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova discuss the influences of medieval literature on the fiction... |
Stuart Lee, Elizabeth Solopova |
| 5 | J.R.R. Tolkien: Medievalist and Mythmaker |
These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature... |
Stuart Lee |
| 6 | J.R.R. Tolkien 'Beyond the Shoreless Sea' |
These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature... |
Stuart Lee |
| 7 | Tolkien and Medieval Literature |
These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature... |
Elizabeth Solopova |
| 8 | Tolkien's Languages |
These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature... |
Elizabeth Solopova |
| 9 | The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy |
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy... |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi, Andy Orchard |
| 10 | Interview: Catherine Butler |
An interview with Dr Catherine Butler (Cardiff University) by Will Brockbank (Oxford). Dr Butler... |
Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank |
| 11 | The Hobbit at the Bodleian: World Book Day |
Judith Priestman, curator of the Bodleian library, discusses the World Book Day 2010 exhibition... |
Judith Priestman |