Plant life is an integral part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional writings. Percipient trees, exemplified by Old Man Willow, possess the capacity to vocalise and approximate human speech, whereas herbaceous plants tend to be silent and aromatic. While Tolkien attributes qualities of consciousness and memory to sonic trees, he denies similar intelligent qualities to herbs, such as athelas or kingsfoil. This paper will compare the representation of the sonic trees and perfumed herbs of Middle-earth through the framework of emerging science in plant bioacoustics and behaviour. The distinction between the extrinsic and intrinsic capacities of plants underlies a more nuanced approach to plant intelligence in both Middleearth and the living botanical ...
The Cordillera Blanca and surrounding areas have a very rich and diverse flora. Although botanical s...
De plus en plus d’études s’accordent à reconnaître dans la métaphore un instrument de la pensée, plu...
This paper explores J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth in light of the material ecocritical notions of tra...
Plant life is an integral part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional writings. Percipient trees, exemplified...
Plant life is an integral part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional writings. Percipient trees, exem...
Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Middle-Earth. Th...
349 p.La presente tesis doctoral tiene el objetivo de trazar la evolución de la perspectiva ecológic...
Tolkien’s mythology of Middle-earth is a highly studied corpus in ecology and environmental studies....
Este estudio constituye una contribución al conocimiento de la concepción descriptivo-mítica de la n...
The plant as asubject in Mercè Rodoreda’s writingsIn Mercè Rodoreda’s nove...
This paper analyses the portrayal of forests in modern fantasy literature as the source and dwelling...
Book review by Martin Simonson of Flora of Middle-earth (2017) by Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Jud
Review of: Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Judd, Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Leg...
Tolkien’s Middle Earth is characterised by the conflict between the forces of good, often represente...
J.R.R. Tolkien invented wonderful species of trees, such as the mallorn, for his legendary world. Bu...
The Cordillera Blanca and surrounding areas have a very rich and diverse flora. Although botanical s...
De plus en plus d’études s’accordent à reconnaître dans la métaphore un instrument de la pensée, plu...
This paper explores J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth in light of the material ecocritical notions of tra...
Plant life is an integral part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional writings. Percipient trees, exemplified...
Plant life is an integral part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional writings. Percipient trees, exem...
Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Middle-Earth. Th...
349 p.La presente tesis doctoral tiene el objetivo de trazar la evolución de la perspectiva ecológic...
Tolkien’s mythology of Middle-earth is a highly studied corpus in ecology and environmental studies....
Este estudio constituye una contribución al conocimiento de la concepción descriptivo-mítica de la n...
The plant as asubject in Mercè Rodoreda’s writingsIn Mercè Rodoreda’s nove...
This paper analyses the portrayal of forests in modern fantasy literature as the source and dwelling...
Book review by Martin Simonson of Flora of Middle-earth (2017) by Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Jud
Review of: Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Judd, Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Leg...
Tolkien’s Middle Earth is characterised by the conflict between the forces of good, often represente...
J.R.R. Tolkien invented wonderful species of trees, such as the mallorn, for his legendary world. Bu...
The Cordillera Blanca and surrounding areas have a very rich and diverse flora. Although botanical s...
De plus en plus d’études s’accordent à reconnaître dans la métaphore un instrument de la pensée, plu...
This paper explores J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth in light of the material ecocritical notions of tra...