Medievalists.net » The Lord of the Rings http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Anglo-Saxon War-Culture and The Lord of the Rings: Legacy and Reappraisal http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/18/anglo-saxon-war-culture-lord-rings-legacy-reappraisal-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/18/anglo-saxon-war-culture-lord-rings-legacy-reappraisal-2/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55485 The literature of war in English claims its origin from the Homeric epics, and the medieval accounts of chivalry and the crusades.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/feed/ 0 Androgynes, Crossdressers, and Rebel Queens: Modern Representations of Medieval Women Warriors from Tolkien to Martin http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/15/androgynes-crossdressers-and-rebel-queens-modern-representations-of-medieval-women-warriors-from-tolkien-to-martin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/15/androgynes-crossdressers-and-rebel-queens-modern-representations-of-medieval-women-warriors-from-tolkien-to-martin/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:21:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41119 This was another stellar paper given at the Tales after Tolkien session. It was an intriguing look at the women of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and how each author portrays the mother and warrior characters of Galadriel/Cersi/Daenerys and Eowyn/Arya/Brienne. The paper examined the differences and problems posed by the portrayal of women in theses fantasy novels.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/15/androgynes-crossdressers-and-rebel-queens-modern-representations-of-medieval-women-warriors-from-tolkien-to-martin/feed/ 0 Language and Legend in the Fantasy Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:58:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37961 There was something so real in the languages that he created, and critics wanted to find the inspirations behind Tolkien‘s worlds. Elves, dwarves, men, hobbits, and various other creatures occupied the pages of his books, but the languages he created were complex and had real elements in them. Examples of his invented languages were those spoken by the Elves, Sindarin and Quenya.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/language-and-legend-in-the-fantasy-fiction-of-j-r-r-tolkien/feed/ 0 Horses of Agency, Element, and Godliness in Tolkien and the Germanic Sagas http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/horses-of-agency-element-and-godliness-in-tolkien-and-the-germanic-sagas/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/horses-of-agency-element-and-godliness-in-tolkien-and-the-germanic-sagas/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:32:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37949 What is the contract between man and equine that allows a beast ten times our size and one hundred times our strength to willingly serve in our ambitions? What magnetism (and who placed it) is it that draws humanity and horses together?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/horses-of-agency-element-and-godliness-in-tolkien-and-the-germanic-sagas/feed/ 0 “Far-off gleams of evangelium” : a study of how J. R. R. Tolkien’s The lord of the rings reflects the biblical “Kingdom of Heaven” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:09:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37943 The findings of this thesis confirm that the values of LOTR and the Kingdom are notably similar, and that the reader of LOTR does indeed derive from it an experience of what the Kingdom ideally is. But all this is “under the surface”, and Tolkien did not impose his Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/feed/ 0 Talk to the Dragon: Tolkien as Translator http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/talk-to-the-dragon-tolkien-as-translator/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/talk-to-the-dragon-tolkien-as-translator/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:48:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37930 When Bilbo, and the readers of The Hobbit, are confronted with the dragon, they are in for a surprise, as Smaug’s behaviour is somewhat unusual for a dragon.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/talk-to-the-dragon-tolkien-as-translator/feed/ 0 ”Beowulf” and the Influence of Old English on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/beowulf-and-the-influence-of-old-english-on-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/beowulf-and-the-influence-of-old-english-on-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:58:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37922 The Lord of the Rings is set in the fictional but incredibly vast and detailed universe of Middle-Earth. Tolkien has put great effort in developing an impossibly gigantic realm peopled by many diverse races. Of the immeasurable number of characters and locations present in Tolkien’s work, many bear a name deeply rooted in Old English.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/beowulf-and-the-influence-of-old-english-on-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings/feed/ 0 A Single Leaf: Tolkien’s Visual Art and Fantasy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/a-single-leaf-tolkiens-visual-art-and-fantasy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/a-single-leaf-tolkiens-visual-art-and-fantasy/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:55:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37915 With such a model in mind, then, we have entered into a discussion of art, myth‐making, and the Primary World from a combined academic and artistic perspective.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/a-single-leaf-tolkiens-visual-art-and-fantasy/feed/ 0 J.R.R. Tolkien: Did You Know? Windows on the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/j-r-r-tolkien-did-you-know-windows-on-the-life-and-work-of-j-r-r-tolkien/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/j-r-r-tolkien-did-you-know-windows-on-the-life-and-work-of-j-r-r-tolkien/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:13:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35864 Tolkien anticipated his books might inspire a film adaption, and he stated his concerns in a letter he wrote in June 1958. "The failure of poor films is often precisely in exaggeration," he explained, "and in the intrusion of unwarranted matter owing to not perceiving where the core of the original lies." He objected to editors who "cut the parts of the story upon which its characteristic and peculiar tone principally depends, showing a preference for fights," and said he would resent "perversion of the characters ... even more than the spoiling of the plot and scenery."

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