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Eowyn As Queen, Brian Scheidt

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

No abstract provided.

The Heir And The Treasure: The Grammatical Construction Of Aragorn And Arwen, Rachel Landsem

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Realism And Idealism In Decision-Making: A Case Study Of Tolkien’S And Jackson’S Ents And Elves, Max Bertelotti

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Attempting to fight Sauron without the Ring of Power is, of course, fruitless. Nearly all the characters in the Lord of the Rings understand this. While many readers debate the reasoning and logic behind sending Frodo and Sam alone into Mordor, few debate the reasoning for each specific race of Middle Earth to become involved in the fight against Sauron. Given Sauron’s impeccability and resilience, any non-destruction-of-the-Ring attempt at defeating Sauron must categorically be deemed infeasible. It fails logic then that, with a few exceptions, each race that the reader encounters in the Lord of the Rings finds it necessary …

Tolkien, Fandom, And Priorities, Melissa Conroy

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

No abstract provided.

The Inherent Goodness Of Gardens And Their Stewards, Dj Castillo

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

No abstract provided.

Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Race Personified Through Orcs, Colleen Fessler

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

From the time of Middle-earth’s creation, a complex society of hierarchies has existed both within and among the different races and creatures in Tolkien’s world. The race-constructed hierarchies speak to the way in which the different races understand themselves and those around them, just as people do in today’s modern society. While embarking on the journeys of this world with Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, with Frodo and the fellowship’s journey across Middle-earth to destroy the ring and Sauron in Mordor in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and from the creation of Arda and Middle-earth until the Third …

Songs In Middle-Earth, Ellory Busch

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

No abstract provided.

The Anti-War Adoption Of Lord Of The Rings, Kayla Spencer

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Ten years after Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was first published in 1954, an unexpected party discovered Middle-earth. America’s counterculture adopted the series, despite its largely conservative, patriarchal, and militant ideologies. Tolkien himself was not fond of the hippie movement, calling them his “deplorable cultus” (Helms 7). Although always adamant that his books were not allegory, the hippies found it anyway and applied his art to their own agendas. Second-wave feminists understood Eowyn’s refusal to let her romantic interest and her father determine her fate, as well as her fear of being kept in a cage and unable to …

Dominion: Examining The Subject Of Power In Tolkien, Kieran Moriarty

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

The discussion of power and one’s use of it in literature is far from a novel one. This is especially so regarding how one uses power to rule others. Two notable and conflicting ways to rule are using one’s power over the ruled, to keep control of them, and using one’s power for the ruled, by helping and supporting them. The clash between these two can be seen as early as the first book of the Jewish and Christian bibles, wherein God gives humans “dominion over…all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,” asking them …

J.R.R. Tolkien And His Influence On Modern Fantasy Writer Tamora Pierce, Alexandria Curry

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien’s writing of female and racial minority characters has been criticized as misogynistic and racist by many critics of Tolkien. However, these critics come to these conclusions due to the limited quantity of these characters overall, especially those of the female sex, and their involvement in the overall story’s plot. Tolkien uses women sparingly and because of this, each one has important characteristics and roles that they play. Therefore, if not invalidating the critics position on his supposed misogynistic views, then, at least, dissolving some of their support platforms. However, the roles that the women play are important in understanding …

In A World With No Religion, How Did It Become So Christian? Christianity Within The Lord Of The Rings, Rhiley O'Rourke

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

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Goblins, Greed, And Goodness: The Symbolic And Narrative Degradation Of Goblins Within The Hobbit, Katelyn Stine

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Throughout The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien establishes a variety of races that range on a diverse scale of good and evil. Within this spectrum, Goblins are portrayed as being the most evil in comparison to every other race on Middle Earth. Tolkien utilizes a variety of literary devices -from a repeated symbolic association with fire to their physical intolerance to environmental elements such as sunlight- to establish the complete disconnection between the Goblins and the natural world. This detachment allows their race as an entirety to become the embodiment of evil, which functions as a plot device throughout the narrative. Goblins …

The Prominence Of Pippin, Jasmine Sunderlage

4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

When building a fictional world as involved and vast as that of J.R.R. Tolkien’s multiple drafts are a must in order to work out the exact details and to make sure that all the possible loose ends are tied up and addressed. Characters can come and go, change in temperaments and in how involved they are when it comes to the story itself. Whereas some characters may start of as highly involved in the plot, they may become nothing other than a supporting character after going through multiple drafting processes. For other characters, however, they may start as a walk-on/walk-off …

Cronstadt Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Crompton, Wendy Fall

Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks

No abstract provided.

Between Subject And Tech Expertise: Collaborating With Faculty For Digital Humanities Projects [Presentation], Rose Fortier, Heather G. James, Wendy Fall

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Libraries are well-positioned for partnership with digital humanities efforts in several ways. The management of digital items and the description of information resources for future researchers make libraries natural partners in digital humanities projects. Often Humanities scholars will reach out to the library for support or even guidance in these projects.

At Marquette University, the Gothic Archive exemplifies the development of this collaboration. Though the Archive started as a humble collection of digitized and transcribed gothic chapbooks, it is being developed into an interwoven collection of digitized materials and contextual objects and promises to become a full-fledged digital humanities tool. …

Saving The Grotesque: The Grotesque System Of Liberation In British Modernism (1922-1932), Matthew Henningsen

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation re-situates the grotesque in a critical tradition that emphasizes its function as a liberating force, rather than its traditional role as an arouser of terror and amusement. I then apply the grotesque liberation to the High Modern literary environment of Britain in order to reveal the grotesque dimensions of this period. To accomplish these goals of re-situating the grotesque, and applying the grotesque to High Modernism, I create a so-called "Grotesque System of Liberation." This system consists of three stages (the Symbolic, Real, and Non-Symbolic Symbolic) that trace a specific text's progress from a state of illusory stability …

A Single Man Of Good Fortune: Postmodern Identities And Consumerism In The New Novel Of Manners, Bonnie Mclean

Dissertations (1934 -)

In my dissertation, I argue that the novel of manners, while sometimes considered a moribund genre, presents itself as a genre relevant to contemporary criticism of social change from consensus politics to privatization both at governmental and domestic levels. I establish both key terms, cultural and theoretical trends, and define the novel of manners in context as a historical genre and a contemporary one. I further explore the novel of manners as a commentary on social and moral problems, particularly in tensions between social morality and individual morality that emerge when manners break down, a concept originally highlighted by Henry …

Sarah Wilkinson: Female Gothic Entrepreneur, Diane L. Hoeveler

Gothic Archive: Related Scholarship

No abstract provided.