Amy H. Sturgis writes: Registration is now open for my Fall 05 class “J.R.R. Tolkien in History, Political Thought, and Literature (LIS 3600.01)” at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, USA. This course will explore the works, inspiration, and influence of J.R.R. Tolkien. Students will consider the historical era that directly inspired the world of Middle-earth, the political movements that adopted and reinterpreted Tolkien’s symbols in the mid-to-late twentieth century, and the questions of religion, environmentalism, and war that now make Tolkien resonate in the the twenty-first century consciousness. [More]
Day: April 25, 2005
Faithful Spy REZ dropped me a line this morning: Good morning, I went to the theater to see Interpreter this weekend and saw the trailer for Flightplan staring Jodie Foster, with Sean Bean. Touchstone did not have the trailer up yet but it is on MSN today. [More]