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27th March 2024: Mallorn reviews Tweaking Things a Little

A review by Kristine Larsen of Tweaking Things a Little. Essays on the Epic Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien and G.R.R. Martin, has been publihed in Mallorn 64 Winter 2023.

Link to review here (pdf file).

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=218 )

21st March 2024: Video presentation of The Romantic Spirit

Will Sherwood, co-editor of our newest publication, The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, has produced a movie introducing both the topic in general and this book in particular.


Alternatively the video can be opened directly on YouTube here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWu6pN_Dig

By the way, we have taken this opportunity to add a page on this website collecting all videos and podcasts.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=217 )

17th March 2024: New publication, The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

germanic heroes J.R.R. Tolkien's Arda illustrates how he incorporated and built on aesthetics, ideals, and philosophies that were, during his lifetime, associated with the Romantics of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien is a celebration of Romanticism's multiplicity, offering fresh perspectives on Tolkien's relationship with English, Scottish, German, transatlantic, musical, and artistic Romanticisms, working in concert to open up our discussions of Tolkien's Romantic Spirit.

By embracing this approach, the volume avoids generalisations or vague definitions of Romanticism and the Romantic, paving the way for future scholarship that seeks to understand Tolkien's stylistic and thematic connections with Romanticism.

The contributions to this volume by no means exhaust the discussion on Tolkien's Romanticism. Rather, they aim to ignite further exploration by embracing Romanticism's ever-growing cast of voices and spirits.

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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=216 )

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