- Feb 2024
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Local file Local file
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‘Jirt’, as the childrencalled Tolkien (short for J.R.R.T.)
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- Jan 2024
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johnhalbrooks.substack.com johnhalbrooks.substack.com
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Read [[John Halbrooks]] in Canonical Resolutions
h/t Dan Allosso
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- Oct 2023
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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02:55 death as a gift for men
03:40 fear of death as corruption/weakening (via Melkor): seeking long life and other ways as coping (not embracing it)
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- Sep 2022
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contragentiles.pl contragentiles.pl
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Omówienie pojęcia Opatrzności w kontekście twórczości J.R.R. Tolkiena.
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- Jan 2022
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podcasts.ox.ac.uk podcasts.ox.ac.uk
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https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/medieval-welsh
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J.R.R. Tolkien purchased a copy of John Morris-Jones's (1864-1929) A Welsh Grammar when he was at Exeter.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=A%20Welsh%20grammar%20%3A%20historical%20and%20comparative
timestamp [8:13]
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J.R.R. Tolkien indicated that Welsh fairy tales "had bright color but no sense". Perhaps this is because they served a cultural and mnemonic purpose and not necessarily a storytelling one.
1:00 minute mark
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- Oct 2018
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mikecosgrave.com mikecosgrave.com
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A good character can sustain multiple narratives and thus lead to a successful movie franchise. A good “world” can sustain multiple characters (and their stories) and thus successfully launch a transmedia franchise.
Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and their film adaptations are possibly the ultimate exemplar of the power of world-building. To a lesser extent (and aimed at a younger age group) would be C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" with various stage,T.V. film, animated and radio adaptations
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