• Of Faerie and Fairies (Part 1)

  • Feb 16 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Of Faerie and Fairies (Part 1)

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  • In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's 1939 essay "On Fairy Stories." Part 1 of 2.


    Primary sources:

    On Fairy Stories (PDF) | The Lord of the Rings | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

    For discussion of Tolkien and race/culture: Mills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto

    For discussion of Tolkien's arguments with Christopher Wiseman: Garth - Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth

    For discussion of "Man and the Machine" in Tolkien's work: Hren - Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good


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