Why is it called The Shire?
In this interesting feature, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez answers what on the surface seems a very simple question:...
Continue readingFormerly known as "Greenbooks", the library is a place for more in-depth articles of a scholarly nature. Yeah…it's for hard-core Tolkien fans.
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In this interesting feature, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez answers what on the surface seems a very simple question:...
Continue readingAs you’re probably aware, Harper Collins is publishing J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur in May 2013. Edited...
Continue readingI quite enjoyed this short piece explaining the sacrifice that Gilraen, the mother of Aragorn, makes for her...
Continue readingIn this two-part feature, Norse mythologist Dr Karl Seigfried writes about Éowyn as an exemplar of Nordic literary...
Continue readingJohn D. Rateliff, author of The History of the Hobbit, explores the links between The Silmarillion and The...
Continue readingThis piece by Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez attempts to shed some light on the ultimate source of the...
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