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Farmer Giles Of
In search of The Shire The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom Alex Lewis oncerning Farmer Giles of William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) First published in ‘Leaves from the Ham1, Tolkien’s biographer and his production-line car manu Humphrey Carpenter stated tree, JR R Tolkien’s Shorter facture brought British-built cars C Fiction’ 1991, the Proceedings of the that Tolkien wrote it some time dur within the reach of millions. The ing the 1930s in part to amuse his 4th Tolkien Society Workshop, Cowley works in Eastern Oxford children but chiefly to please him Beverley 1989. were established in 1910 but it was self.2 The Little Kingdom is A Peter Roe booklet. well after 1918 that car production Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. really expanded. In 1919 Morris Worminghall (meaning 'dragon- level, Farmer Giles of Ham could Motors employed only two hundred hall') is a place a few miles East of easily be seen as an allegory of workers. By 1924, this figure had Oxford. Early in 1938 he read a Tolkien's switch from academicism risen to 5,500. With the incorpora revised version at Worcester to creativity.5 Shippey points out tion of the Pressed Steel car-body College and It went down well, but that the allegory of the short tale Is making factory in Cowley, and Carpenter states that by 1945 very precise, with the Parson being Osberton Radiators in the North of Tolkien could not write the sequel perhaps the idealised philologist, Oxford, in 1926, 6,500 people since Oxfordshire had changed so the blade Tailbiter and the rope worked for the Oxford motor car much. -
Tolkien's Treatment of Dragons in Roverandom and Farmer Giles of Ham
Volume 34 Number 1 Article 8 10-15-2015 "A Wilderness of Dragons": Tolkien's Treatment of Dragons in Roverandom and Farmer Giles of Ham Romuald I. Lakowski MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Lakowski, Romuald I. (2015) ""A Wilderness of Dragons": Tolkien's Treatment of Dragons in Roverandom and Farmer Giles of Ham," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 34 : No. 1 , Article 8. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol34/iss1/8 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 An exploration of Tolkien’s depictions of dragons in his stories for children, Roverandom and Farmer Giles of Ham. Draws on “On Fairy-stories,” the Beowulf lecture, the Father Christmas letters, and a little-known “Lecture on Dragons” Tolkien gave to an audience of children at the University Museum in Oxford, as well as source Tolkien would have known: Nennius, The Fairy Queene, and so on. -
The Hobbit by J.R.R
Discussion Guide THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien Rhymes Professor Tolkien was deeply interested in words, their meanings, and the ways they could be used. He loved rhymes, riddles, proverbs, sayings, songs, folktales, and stories. The reader will notice Tolkien’s use of verse in telling us about his characters. For example, here is a verse from a goblin song: Clap! Snap! The black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down, down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Do they sound jolly and friendly? Hardly! Here’s an elf song: O! Will you be staying About the Book Your ponies are straying! Many decades ago in England, a highly respected TheOr will daylight you be is flying? dying! professor at Oxford was correcting exam papers and, having a few minutes to spare, idly scribbled on a blank To stay would be jolly page in an exam book, “In a hole in the ground there ToAnd fly listen would and be harkfolly, lived a hobbit.” He didn’t even know what a hobbit was, Till the end of the dark or why he wrote those words. But they were, neverthe- To our tune less, the beginning of one of the most famous fantasy ha! ha! adventure tales ever written. The professor was J.R.R. Tolkien, and the book, of course, was The Hobbit. This sounds lighthearted and merry, a song of friend- Tolkien was a teacher of (among other things) philology ship and feasting. Other songs and poems are humorous and a student of many languages, including such an- or descriptive. -
Tolkien and His Publisher: a Forty-Year Relationship
LOGOS 10(4) 2nd/JH 1/11/06 10:23 am Page 200 LOGOS Tolkien and his publisher: A forty-year relationship Rayner Unwin A publisher who has and can hold a consistently bestselling author on his list is fortunate indeed, and this heart-beat of success helps to ameliorate the financial drain that many worthy but less suc- cessful ventures often incur. Of course a single author is not the only secret of a profitable com- pany, but it certainly helps. I, and all my predeces- sors, were each blessed with just such an author, Entering publishing in 1951, who came to us early in his career, stayed loyally Rayner Unwin devoted his entire with us, and became our friend. George Allen had career to his family firm and to Ruskin, my father had Bertrand Russell, my cousin Philip had Thor Heyerdahl, and I had J R R the service of the book publishing Tolkien. The circumstances were very different, but industry. He succeeded his in each case both parties recognised the benefits of father, Sir Stanley Unwin, as the association, trusted each other, and worked pur- Chairman of George Allen & posefully together. My association with Tolkien began long Unwin in 1968 and continued before I got into publishing, and has continued for four years after his company through his family and his Estate long after his merged to become Unwin Hyman death. The eventual success of his books, though it in 1986. Unwin served for brought problems, also created wealth for both twenty years on the Council of author and publisher, and the necessary trust grew up that has now served all of us well for over sixty the UK Publishers Association, years. -
“Pregnant Moment of Poise”: Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of the Lord of the Rings
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2008 Recreating Beowulf’s “Pregnant Moment of Poise”: Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of The Lord of the Rings Scott Davis Howard The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Howard, Scott Davis, "Recreating Beowulf’s “Pregnant Moment of Poise”: Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of The Lord of the Rings" (2008). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 805. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/805 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. i RECREATING BEOWULF’S “PREGNANT MOMENT OF POISE”: PAGAN DOOM AND CHRISTIAN EUCATASTROPHE MADE INCARNATE IN THE DARK AGE SETTING OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS By Scott Davis Howard B.S., Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 2000 Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, Literature The University of Montana Missoula, MT Spring 2008 Approved by: Dr. David A. Strobel, Dean Graduate School Dr. John Hunt, Chair English Dr. Ashby M. Kinch English Dr. Eric Reimer English Dr. Paul Dietrich Liberal Studies ii Howard, Scott, M.A., May 2008 English Recreating Beowulf’s “Pregnant Moment of Poise”: Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of The Lord of the Rings Chairperson: John Hunt In The Lord of the Rings , Tolkien recreates the “pregnant moment of poise” that inspired him in his study of Beowulf . -
Download Book List
WORKS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN For a list of books in order of publication: tolkiensociety.org/author/books-by-tolkien Availability for each title is noted: JHLS = available in the physical collection of the Jackson/Hinds Library System (book or DVD) Hoopla = free eBooks & eAudios available with your library card & pin # (visit jhlibrary.org/ebooks for more info) TALES OF MIDDLE-EARTH 1937 The Hobbit (JHLS, hoopla eBook & eAudio – dramatized BBC radio series) [from tolkienestate.com] “When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote ‘The Hobbit’, he had already been writing works set in what came to be called Middle-earth for fifteen years,” and when “its success led the publisher to request that the author write a sequel, or at least another book about hobbits...exploring Bilbo’s world, and telling more about hobbits, and delving into the few loose ends left over at the end of Bilbo’s adventure led him to create the companion volume, the work by which he is best known: ‘The Lord of the Rings.’” 1977 Adapted into animated film (The Hobbit – JHLS) 2012-2014 Adapted into 3 motion-picture films: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (JHLS) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (JHLS) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (JHLS) 1954-1955 The Lord of the Rings - Began as a sequel to “The Hobbit”, but eventually developed into a much larger work, written in stages between 1937 and 1949. - Initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set along with “The Silmarillion,” but this idea was dismissed by his publisher. -
A Linguistic Study of Humour and Allusions in J. R. R. Tolkien's Farmer Giles Of
Beyond Philology No. 16/3, 2019 ISSN 1732-1220, eISSN 2451-1498 https://doi.org/10.26881/bp.2019.3.02 A linguistic study of humour and allusions in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham SZYMON PINDUR Received 24.05.2019, received in revised form 5.09.2019, accepted 12.09.2019. Abstract Farmer Giles of Ham is a satirical story by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is full of humour and allusions. The diversity of these elements allows for a detailed linguistic study distinguishing different levels at which the humour can be found and the different ways in which it is achieved. In the present paper, we attempt to discuss these devices and levels of humour and draw some conclusions on their effects. Our study is reinforced by a discussion of theoretical preliminaries of humour analysis, including the classification of the different levels, forms and devices of humour, as well as a brief discussion of the most widely acknowledged theory of humour ‒ the incongruity theory. Using this theoretical framework, we explore the possibilities of viewing the phenomenon of humour in literature from a linguistic perspective and attempt to show the utility of this perspective in literature studies. Keywords humour, incongruity theory, allusion, linguistic devices, linguistic analysis 26 Beyond Philology 16/3 Lingwistyczna analiza humoru i aluzji w opowiadaniu J. R. R. Tolkiena pt. Farmer Giles of Ham Abstrakt Farmer Giles of Ham (Rudy Dżil i jego pies lub Gospodarz Giles z Ham) to satyryczne opowiadanie autorstwa angielskiego pisarza J.R.R. Tolkiena. Jest pełne humoru i aluzji, których różnorodność pozwala na dokonanie szczegółowej analizy lingwistycznej, w której mogą zostać wyróżnione poziomy, na których zachodzi efekt humory- styczny, oraz środki, poprzez które tenże efekt jest osiągany. -
Tolkien, Our Judge of Peter Jackson Vincent Ferré
Tolkien, our Judge of Peter Jackson Vincent Ferré To cite this version: Vincent Ferré. Tolkien, our Judge of Peter Jackson. Thomas Honegger. Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, 2nde éd., Walking Tree Publishers, p. 125-133, 2004, Cormarie Series, 978-3-905703-16-0. hal-00762933 HAL Id: hal-00762933 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00762933 Submitted on 12 Dec 2012 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Tolkien, our Judge of Peter Jackson: The Film Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings (Z, R. Bakshi and P. Jackson) Vincent Ferré – université de Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, CELAM Translated by Daniel Lauzon [This text, written in 2002, was first published online, in French, before its translation in 2004: ‘Tolkien, our Judge of Peter Jackson: The Film Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings (Z, R. Bakshi and P. Jackson)’, in Th. Honegger (ed.), Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, Zürich-Berne, Walking Tree Publishers, 2004, p. 125-133. The French version may be read online : http://www.pourtolkien.fr/spip.php?article39 or http://www.pourtolkien.fr/IMG/pdf/TolkienjugeJackson.pdf ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NB: It is understood that The Lord of the Rings refers to the work by J.R.R. -
Tolkien's Japonisme: Prints, Dragons, and a Great Wave
University of Wollongong Research Online Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) - Papers Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 2013 Tolkien’s Japonisme: Prints, Dragons, and a Great Wave Michael Organ University of Wollongong, [email protected] Publication Details Organ, M. 2013, 'Tolkien’s Japonisme: Prints, Dragons, and a Great Wave', Tolkein Studies, vol. 10, pp. 105-122. Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] Tolkien’s Japonisme: Prints, Dragons, and a Great Wave Abstract The original September 1937 George Allen & Unwin edition of The oH bbit features artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien along with an accompanying dust jacket. This latter work is a modern, stylized graphic design composed of a not entirely symmetrical view of a Middle-earth landscape (night to the left, day to the right), with the Lonely Mountain rising in the distant center, flanked by steeply sloped, snow-covered Misty Mountains and in the foreground Mirkwood’s dense, impenetrable forests. Additional features include a crescent moon, the sun, a dragon, eagles, a lake village, and a rapier-like path—a straight road— heading toward a darkened, megalithic trapezoidal door at the base of the mountain.1 The runes which form the border read: “The oH bbit or There and Back Again, being the record of a year’s journey made by Bilbo Baggins; compiled from his memoirs by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by George Allen & Unwin.” Keywords japonisme, prints, dragons, tolkien, great, wave Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Organ, M. -
The Influence of J.R.R. Tolkien on Popular Culture
Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Honors Theses University Honors Program 5-2005 The nflueI nce of J.R.R. Tolkien on Popular Culture Michael A. Hall Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/uhp_theses Recommended Citation Hall, Michael A., "The nflueI nce of J.R.R. Tolkien on Popular Culture" (2005). Honors Theses. Paper 287. This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the University Honors Program at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. , . The Influence of J.R.R. Tolkien on Popular Culture By: Michael A. Hall !.D. # 336786211 Originally submitted as Senior History Thesis, May 2004 Resubmitted to the Southern Illinois Honors Program for Senior Honors Thesis requirement, May I, 2005 Michael A. Hall Western culture, to a large extent, is defined by materialism. If anything becomes popular, be it literature, music, or films, we tend to merchandise or make consumer goods based on what is popular because it will sell. This mass culture has been given the rather derogatory term called kitsch.' For example, some people might consider Mozart high art and the Beatles kitsch. However, this contrast is necessarily done by the individual because some people might consider the Beatles to be high art. Another way to put it is that high art is art in its purest form without the influence of capitalism, and materialism and kitsch is what happens after high art becomes popular and merchandised.2 Whether a person has seen the movies or not, it is safe to say that since the first Lord ofthe Rings film came out in December of2001 everyone has heard of the story and its famous author J.R.R. -
Three Rings for the Elven-Kings: Trilogizing Tolkien in Print and Film
Volume 36 Number 1 Article 11 10-15-2017 Three Rings for the Elven-kings: Trilogizing Tolkien in Print and Film Robert T. Tally, Jr. Texas State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Tally, Jr., Robert T. (2017) "Three Rings for the Elven-kings: Trilogizing Tolkien in Print and Film," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 36 : No. 1 , Article 11. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol36/iss1/11 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 Discusses the division of works meant to be whole into trilogies; primarily Tolkien’s lengthy novel, split into two volumes due to printing considerations, and Peter Jackson’s film trilogies of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. -
JRR Tolkien's Other Works for Children
Journal of Tolkien Research Volume 6 | Issue 2 Article 9 2018 Beyond The obbitH : J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other Works for Children Janet Brennan Croft Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Croft, Janet Brennan (2018) "Beyond The oH bbit: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other Works for Children," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 6 : Iss. 2 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol6/iss2/9 This Conference Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Library Services at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Tolkien Research by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Croft: Beyond The Hobbit Beyond The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other Works for Children Janet Brennan Croft, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — As presented at The New York Tolkien Conference, March 17, 2019 — This presentation expands and updates an article I wrote in 2003 for World Literature Today SLIDE 1: Title: The birthday cake from Smith of Wootton Major SLIDE 2: Tolkien with his four children in the garden, Oxford, 26 July 1936 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is best known to the world as the author of the classic fantasies The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In his professional life, he was a superb philologist, a skilled translator, the author of a seminal essay on Beowulf, and a contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary.