The World of J.R.R. Tolkien

Lecture 2: A ‘Mythology for England’?

Lecture 3: An ‘Elf-Centered’ Mythology

Lecture 4: Reshaping Tradition: Setting Up a Mythology

Lecture 5: Dragons and Hobbits: Merging Old and New

Lecture 6: Theological Roots: Fall and ‘Eucatastrophe’

Lecture 7: Inventing Languages: ‘A Secret Vice’

Lecture 8: Evil, War, and Trauma in Middle-earth

Lecture 9: Gender and Race in Middle-earth

Lecture 10: Receptions and Legacies