Tag Archives: J. R. R. Tolkien

Returning to Evening-Rest and Sleep

Tolkien has several versions of the poem Bilbo writes about returning home.

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Mary Sang in This World Below

Tolkien’s poem “Noel” celebrates Mary’s “Magnificat.”

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Returning at Last with Weary Feet

As I return home, I recall Bilbo’s “The Road Goes Ever On and On.”

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Why I Think the Way I Think

I survey my intellectual history, especially the evolution of my thinking about literature’s impact on human behavior.

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Tolkien’s Key to Entering the Internet

A Stanford computer science student writes in to apply a “Lord of the Rings” passage to a vexed internet question.

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GOP Oath Breakers Inhabit Twilight World

Only Romney honored his Senate oath in Trump’s trial, inviting comparisons with Thomas More & John Proctor. The other senator? Tolkien’s Dead Men of Dunharrow.

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Think of Trump Enablers as Wormtongue

GOP legislators slavishly parroting Trump (and Putin) talking points in the impeachment inquiry reminds me of Wormtongue and Saruman.

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Beowulf Transcends Tolkien’s Racism

“Beowulf” and “Lord of the Rings” have blind spots but they are transcendent works for all that.

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Fantasy Adventure, an Aid to Hiking

Monday Literary Hub has alerted me to an article on the importance of Lord of the Rings to long-distance hikers. According to a Rebecca Booroojian Outsider essay, many people have Lord of the Rings trail names (especially Gandalf), and inscriptions from the trilogy can be found in abundance. For instance, one will find everywhere Bilbo’s […]

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