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The Roots of Middle-Earth: William Morris's Influence Upon J. R. R. Tolkien
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2007 The Roots of Middle-Earth: William Morris's Influence upon J. R. R. Tolkien Kelvin Lee Massey University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Literature in English, British Isles Commons Recommended Citation Massey, Kelvin Lee, "The Roots of Middle-Earth: William Morris's Influence upon J. R. R. olkien.T " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2007. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/238 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Kelvin Lee Massey entitled "The Roots of Middle-Earth: William Morris's Influence upon J. R. R. olkien.T " I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in English. David F. Goslee, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Thomas Heffernan, Michael Lofaro, Robert Bast Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Kelvin Lee Massey entitled “The Roots of Middle-earth: William Morris’s Influence upon J. -
Orc Hosts, Armies and Legions: a Demographic Study
Volume 16 Number 4 Article 2 Summer 7-15-1990 Orc Hosts, Armies and Legions: A Demographic Study Tom Loback Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Loback, Tom (1990) "Orc Hosts, Armies and Legions: A Demographic Study," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 16 : No. 4 , Article 2. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss4/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To join the Mythopoeic Society go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/join.htm Mythcon 51: A VIRTUAL “HALFLING” MYTHCON July 31 - August 1, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday) http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-51.htm Mythcon 52: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien Albuquerque, New Mexico; July 29 - August 1, 2022 http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-52.htm Abstract Calculates the likely population of Orcs in Middle-earth at various times based on Tolkien’s use of the military terms host, army, and legion. Uses The Silmarillion and several volumes of The History of Middle- earth to “show a developing concept of Orc military organization and, by inference, an idea of Orc demographics.” Additional Keywords Tolkien, J.R.R.—Characters—Orcs—Demographics; Tolkien, J.R.R.—Characters—Orcs—History; Tolkien, J.R.R.—Characters—Orcs—Military organization This article is available in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. -
Da Wish List 07/29/2017 "Da Wishlist Is/Was, in Some Ways the Sith to Da Archives Jedi
Da Wish List 07/29/2017 "Da Wishlist is/was, in some ways the Sith to Da Archives Jedi. It represents unfulfilled dreams, shattered hopes. Some of the items on there are nigh unattainable, others may have been posted already. Perhaps, the original requesters forgot or gave up. Who can say? If you have any of these hidden gems, by all means, post them, if they be clean. If not, submit them to Mageguru or one of the other cleaners. Their loose morals and adamantium katana' slice through watermarks and digital signatures like scurvy through a pirate. Rest assured somebody will squirrel them away in some dusty corner of their HDD." -Anon 13th age soundtrack 13th Age The Strangling Sea 14 days by Hannah Schaffer 1879 rpg by fasa 30 Sided Adventure and Other Tales 30 Sided Gaming Tables Book 43 AD A Book of Beats from Lampblack & Brimstone A Call To Arms – Fading Suns A Family Affair A Medieval Tapestry: Personalities of Mythic Europe AGO259 A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara Abandoned Arts "Amazing Races" line for Pathfinder Accursed Achtung! Cthulhu Fate edition Action castle, and its various sequels Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes advanced spells 3, horror spells, intrigue spells and occult spells from legendary games Adventure Idea Factory Adventurers! RPG Adventures in Middle Earth Player's guide Adventures on the high seas 1st edition Agents of Smersh Alien Squad Leader Aliens of the Fringe All For One Adventure Compendium 1, Le Mousquetaire Dishonore All for One: Régime Diabolique Player's Guide Alpha Chronicles - Core Rules Alshard -
The Importance of Tolkien Biography Colin Duriez
commentary What made J. R. R. Tolkien tick and why was he called ‘Reuel’? The importance of Tolkien biography COLIN DURIEZ olkien, like his friend C. S. Lewis, was strongly emotional impact of losing a father and a mother, and then against the tendency of his time to see works of lit- exposure to the trenches of the Somme, in early life. Yet erature as somehow revealing, or being about, their for each level of biography, such exploration can provide Tcreators. Lewis dubbed this “the personal heresy”. appropriate and helpful context to understanding Tolkien’s Tolkien famously discouraged W. H. Auden from writing a fiction and poetry. study of his work that would have involved biography. Yet it Like his close friend C. S. Lewis, Tolkien intensely disliked is self-evident that knowledge of the author illuminates his the critical trend (the “personal heresy”) that focused on the or her work. The biographical fact that Tolkien was a profes- psychology of the author to the detriment of the subject’s sional philologist who had been “inside language” (Times work. (No doubt much of what is written about him today obituary, 3 September 1973) is a master key for unlocking Tolkien would have regarded as, to use his word, “imperti- his fiction. And why was he called ‘Reuel’? Is this significant nence”.) Accounts of Tolkien’s life are likely to have the pur- to his work? This essay explores what the value of Tolkien pose of illuminating the main fictional works, particularly biography might be. The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. -
Tolkien's Dialogue Between Enchantment and Loss
Volume 33 Number 2 Article 11 4-15-2015 Tolkien's Dialogue Between Enchantment and Loss John Rosegrant Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Rosegrant, John (2015) "Tolkien's Dialogue Between Enchantment and Loss," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 33 : No. 2 , Article 11. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol33/iss2/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To join the Mythopoeic Society go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/join.htm Mythcon 51: A VIRTUAL “HALFLING” MYTHCON July 31 - August 1, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday) http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-51.htm Mythcon 52: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien Albuquerque, New Mexico; July 29 - August 1, 2022 http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-52.htm Abstract Examines the tension between the theme of loss underlying so much of the content of The Lord of the Rings, and the enchantment of the form of the work; the balance between the two generates a melancholy beauty that brings readers back to the book over and over again. -
Da Wish List October 13 2016
Da Wish List October 13 2016 13th age soundtrack 13th Age The Strangling Sea 30 Sided Adventure and Other Tales 30 Sided Character and Other Tales 30 Sided Gaming Tables Book 43 AD A Book of Beats and Freebooters on the Frontier from Lampblack & Brimstone A Call To Arms – Fading Suns A Family Affair A Sundered World Achtung! Cthulhu Fate edition Action castle, and its various sequels Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes Advanced Sorcery supplement for Chaosium's Magic World. Adventure Idea Factory Adventurers! RPG Adventures in Middle Earth Player's guide Adventures on the high seas 1st edition AEGIS Field Manual - for Airship Daedalus RPG Against the Dark Yogi or any of its supplements Age of Cthulhu vol. 8 - Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng Agents of Smersh Airship Daedalus RPG Alien Squad Leader Aliens of the Fringe Alpha Blue Alpha Chronicles - Core Rules Alshard and Alshard GAIA Amazing Adventures: Book of Power Amazing Adventures: Victorious Amazing Stories of WW2: Homefront Villains (for Icons) Amber Aspects.pdf Amber Nobles of Amber.pdf Amber Revised Basic Mechanics for Amber.pdf Ambush at Altair Ancient Kingdoms - Mesopotamia Angels of Caliban anything from blade of the iron throne Anything from Vajra (specifically Hoodoo blues and Seeker) Apotheosis Drive X Aria Core and Aria Worlds Arion Games' Maelstrom and/or Maelstrom Domesday Armed Force expansion for Armageddon The End Times Arrowflight Second Edition Ars Magica - Lands of the Nile Ars Magica 5th ed Grogs supplement Art of Zendikar ASE2-3: Anomalous Subsurface Environment Atlas Games RUNE Page 1 Da Wish List October 13 2016 Atlas of Middle Earth (Revised) by Karen Wynn Fonstad Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad Atlas of Rokugan. -
List of Articles
list of articles Abercrombie, Lascelles Barrie, James Matthew Ace Books controversy Barrowclough, Sidney Acocks Green (Warwickshire) The Battle of Maldon Acta Senatus The Battle of the Eastern Field Adaptations The Battles of the Fords of Isen The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (poem) Baynes, Pauline Diana The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Bedford (Bedfordshire) and Other Verses from the Red Book ‘Of the Beginning of Days’ Ae Adar Nín ‘Of Beleriand and Its Realms’ Ainulindalë Belgium Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor Bennett, Henry Stanley Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner’s Wife Beowulf Aldershot (Hampshire) Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary Allegory Together with The Sellic Spell The ‘Alphabet of Dairon’ Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Aman ‘Of Beren and Lúthien’ Ambarkanta: The Shape of the World Beren and Lúthien (book) ‘The Ambidexters Sentence’ Berkshire Ancrene Riwle Bibliographies Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad The Bidding of the Minstrel, from the Annals of Beleriand Lay of Eärendel Annals of Valinor Bilbo’s Last Song (at the Grey Havens) Appearance Biographies An Application for the Rawlinson and Birmingham and environs Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon Birmingham Oratory . Oxford Blackwell, Basil Henry Art Bliss, Alan Joseph The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ‘The Bodleian Declensions’ The Art of The Lord of the Rings by Bombadil Goes Boating J.R.R. Tolkien The Book of Lost Tales Arthur and the Matter of Britain The Book of Lost Tales, Part One Athrabeth Finrod -
Tolkien's Mythic Meaning
TOLKIEN’S MYTHIC MEANING: THE READER’S ONTOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS A thesis submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities 2020 Quinn A J Gervel School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Research carried out at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, UK 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. 2 Abbreviations of Tolkien Works ........................................................................................ 4 Abstract ............................................................................................................................. 5 Declaration ........................................................................................................................ 6 Copyright Statement .......................................................................................................... 7 Dedication ......................................................................................................................... 8 Acknowledgements............................................................................................................ 9 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 1: Sub-Creativity and Ontological Experience .................................................... 27 Introduction......................................................................................................... -
By Karzen Wgnn Foostad
Tbe Atlas by Karzen Wgnn Foostad Sample file TSR, Inc. PRODUCTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION'" —TD daughter Kristi— May she grow in the wisdom, courage, and love of the heroines of the Forgotten Realms Acknowledgments While the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of the product gled with me as time became all too short. Special thanks within these pages rests entirely with the author, the are due to J. Eric Severson, who has been a very pleasant work could not have been completed without the encour- and patient editor; Mary Kirchoff, who kept me on track; agement, assistance, and endurance of many people: Dave "Diesel" LaForce and Steve Beck, for their city over- My husband, Tbdd, associate professor of geography, lays and expert cartographic assistance; Dee Barnett, for who has grown increasingly familiar and helpful with the her graphic help; and Angelika Lokotz and Tracey numerous questions of how the workings of our real Zamagne, for every typeset word. world may be applied to those of an imaginary world. My The many authors and illustrators of the FORGOTTEN son, Mark, and daughter, Kristi, who helped with the in- REALMS™ books and related products; all have been de- dex as well as the housework. Mark also designed the map lightful people with whom to deal, but those who put up on which the Ivy Mansion was based. My sister, Marsa with the most questions were Doug Niles, Bob Salvatore, Crissup, for typing the index, and Lisa Richardson, for let- Ed Greenwood, David "Zeb" Cook, Jim Lowder, Troy tering the many maps. Denning, and "traffic cop" Jeff Grubb. -
315001-Sample.Pdf
Sample file Sample file Sample file Contents Foreword 6 Ruathym ............................................................. 22 Themasulter ....................................................... 24 Introduction 7 Between Adventures 26 Player Options 9 Downtime Activity: Gathering Plants Expedition .26 Circle of the Shore ................................................ 9 Regional Flora Table ........................................... 27 Wavestrider ......................................................... 10 Flora ..................................................................... 28 Additional Rules ............................................ 12 Appendix 36 Druid: Spellcasting ............................................. 12 Ranger: Natural Explorer ................................... 12 Beasts and Monsters .................................... 36 Dessurk ................................................................ 37 Spellcasting ....................................................... 12 Dire Shark ............................................................ 38 Component: Environment (E) .......................... 12 Dragon Slug ......................................................... 39 Coasts of the Realms Spells ............................... 12 Giant Cuttlefish .................................................. 40 Spells.................................................................... 13 Loot Crabs ........................................................... 41 Druidic Practice .................................................. -
Mentor Review Supplement
mEHTon EEUJEW SUEFLEmEHT DAYWORLD REBEL oy Ph i 11 p Jose Farmer, Grafton trade pb, dist in Aust by William Collins. CO 1988. 301pp. A$1Q.°5. On sale now. DAWORLD REBEL is tne sequel to DAYWORLD, which was reviewed several issues back. The world Farmer has postulated is one of which in the immediate past the vast overcrowding (eight Dil i ion people on earth) necessitated the use of the stoner' which froze people in sucn a way that they could be stored unharmed for an indefinite period. What happened is that everyone lived one day out of seven. Thus their lives covered seven times the normal time span. They lived their lives on their day of the week - be it Monday, Tuesday, etc, and then were stoned' until that day the following week. With total surveillance, the crime rate dropped to almost zero. Who wanted to be stoned and dropped into the ocean, to rest for who knew how long? The hero of the novel is Jefferson Caird who had somehow managed to have seven personalities in nim and had managed to live a seven day week that way. He also could lie under the truth spray. In this episode Caird escapes the prison he awakes in, joins a tribe of 'daybreakers' and attempts to break the governments monopoly on information. SF Adventure. SPIDER WORLD: THE DELTA by Colin Wilson. Grafton pb, dist in Aust by William Collins. (C) 1987. 352pp. ASQ.95. On saie now. Another sequel - this time to SPIDER WORLD - THE TOWER. The world Wilson has created has been taken over Dy giant spiders and the remnants of humankind are fighting for their lives from the wind-corn oailoons. -
“Deep Lies the Sea-Longing": Inklings of Home
Volume 26 Number 1 Article 2 10-15-2007 “Deep Lies the Sea-Longing": Inklings of Home Charles A. Huttar (emeritus) Hope College, MI Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Huttar, Charles A. (2007) "“Deep Lies the Sea-Longing": Inklings of Home," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 26 : No. 1 , Article 2. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol26/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To join the Mythopoeic Society go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/join.htm Mythcon 51: A VIRTUAL “HALFLING” MYTHCON July 31 - August 1, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday) http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-51.htm Mythcon 52: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien Albuquerque, New Mexico; July 29 - August 1, 2022 http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-52.htm Abstract Scholar Guest of Honor speech from Mythcon 35. Insightful study of the pattern of references to sea- voyages and the earthly paradise in Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams traces the influence of Arthurian, Celtic, and Greek legends in their writing. Additional Keywords Arthurian myth; Cosmology; Earthly paradise; Garden of the Hesperides; Lewis, C.S.—Symbolism; Lewis, C.S.