Add to ORKGConsiders Sam the true hero of The Lord of the Rings; shows him to be the “focal point of two main motifs [...]: friendship and gifts,” and suggests using the description of eucatastrophe from “On Fairy-stories” to judge Sam’s development as a hero
Abstract: Galadriel is perceived in different, sometimes contradictory ways both within the world of...
Tolkien scholars have long studied the many connections between Beowulf and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The H...
Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influen...
Guest of Honor address at Mythcon 22. Reviews various definitions and characteristics of the hero ac...
Studies Sam, Aragorn, and Gandalf as archetypal masculine heroes in The Lord of the Rings
There are many kinds of hero in The Lord of the Rings and not all of them are what would be consider...
Joseph Campbell in his seminal book The Hero with a Thousand Faces says in the final chapter, The H...
Joss Whedon’s seminal TV show Firefly, based on Michael Shaara’s book The Killer Angels, has interes...
Explores “the stylized and conventional speeches” of Beowulf and the Green Knight as they “provide a...
This article examines the treatment of the literary pastoral in The Lord of the Rings in order to de...
Interpreting the meaning and significance of Sam Gamgee\u27s final words in The Lord of the Rings
Extensive discussion of the complexity of the character of Gollum/Sméagol. He can be seen as a kind ...
With a Jungian slant, groups Tolkien’s heroes from The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into s...
Examines and describes the methods and ways in which Tolkien used and modified the Finnish epic The ...
Argues the importance of joy, or eucatastrophe, in The Lord of the Rings. Sees the figures of Goldbe...
Abstract: Galadriel is perceived in different, sometimes contradictory ways both within the world of...
Tolkien scholars have long studied the many connections between Beowulf and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The H...
Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influen...
Guest of Honor address at Mythcon 22. Reviews various definitions and characteristics of the hero ac...
Studies Sam, Aragorn, and Gandalf as archetypal masculine heroes in The Lord of the Rings
There are many kinds of hero in The Lord of the Rings and not all of them are what would be consider...
Joseph Campbell in his seminal book The Hero with a Thousand Faces says in the final chapter, The H...
Joss Whedon’s seminal TV show Firefly, based on Michael Shaara’s book The Killer Angels, has interes...
Explores “the stylized and conventional speeches” of Beowulf and the Green Knight as they “provide a...
This article examines the treatment of the literary pastoral in The Lord of the Rings in order to de...
Interpreting the meaning and significance of Sam Gamgee\u27s final words in The Lord of the Rings
Extensive discussion of the complexity of the character of Gollum/Sméagol. He can be seen as a kind ...
With a Jungian slant, groups Tolkien’s heroes from The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into s...
Examines and describes the methods and ways in which Tolkien used and modified the Finnish epic The ...
Argues the importance of joy, or eucatastrophe, in The Lord of the Rings. Sees the figures of Goldbe...
Abstract: Galadriel is perceived in different, sometimes contradictory ways both within the world of...
Tolkien scholars have long studied the many connections between Beowulf and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The H...
Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influen...