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Friday, June 12, 2020

Final Project - Old Hedgehopper's Book of Rhymes

Please find a book of rhymes for young hobbits here!

- MHK

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"Tolkien: Medieval and Modern": J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular works of imaginative literature of the twentieth century. This course seeks to understand its appeal by situating Tolkien's creation within the context of Tolkien’s own work as both artist and scholar alongside its medieval sources and modern parallels. Themes to be addressed include the problem of genre and the uses of tradition, the nature of history and its relationship to place, the activity of creation and its relationship to language, beauty, evil and power, the role of monsters in imagination and criticism, the twinned challenges of death and immortality, fate and free will, and the interaction between the world of "faerie" and religious belief.

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Creativity and Free Will I: Aulë and Fëanor (45)
Creativity and Free Will II: Númenor (37)
Creativity and Free Will III: Frodo and the Ring (41)
Death and Immortality I: Elves and Men (50)
Death and Immortality II: Men and Hobbits (45)
Fantasy and Fairy Tale (17)
Fragments and Elf-Friends (24)
History and Place (45)
Jewels and Trees I (38)
Jewels and Trees II (36)
Language and Dreams (43)
Language and Names (42)
Monsters and Critics (48)
Style (35)
The Meaning of Life I: Worship (44)
The Meaning of Life II: Cult (19)
The Music of Creation (46)

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