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Language As Mediation In Tolkien's Mythology, Katherine Hyon
Language As Mediation In Tolkien's Mythology, Katherine Hyon
Graduate English Association New Voices Conference 2007
In his detailed accounts concerning Middle-earth and its inhabitants throughout various Ages of existence, Tolkien made his desire to write a mythology for England a reality. Although his work has delighted readers of all ages for decades, to dismiss Tolkien as a mere writer of children‟s fantasy or escapist science fiction would be to do him a great disservice. Tolkien was, above all, a philologist; his great love and obsession with language is obvious in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and especially The Silmarillion. Tolkien was also a product of his time; he was a lover and a …
Horses Of Agency, Element, And Godliness In Tolkien And The Germanic Sagas, Dana Miller
Horses Of Agency, Element, And Godliness In Tolkien And The Germanic Sagas, Dana Miller
Graduate English Association New Voices Conference 2007
Russian princesses were once buried with them. Royalty ride only white ones. They are often regarded as the only panacea for handicapped children. Richard III would have given his entire kingdom for just one of them. Their ownership can radically define one‟s position in the social hierarchy of Saudi Arabia. The road to great human civilization and imagination has always been carved by the hoof prints of a horse. No matter what section of the globe is studied, Japan with its samurai tradition, the Mediterranean with conquerors like Alexander, the Bedouin, the American West, the Crusades, and certainly the sagas …