Episode 102: Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Part 2

Webmaster — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 10:00:11 +0000

In this second part of the interview with Dr. Flieger, we discuss many of her essays. We use “The Body in Question: the Unhealed Wounds of Frodo Baggins” as a vehicle for discussing Raiken. We talk about Numenor in “Drowned Lands” and whether it is possible for sailors to find Meneltarma after the breaking of the world. And we use “The Curious Incident of the Dream at the Barrow: Memory and Reincarnation in Middle Earth” as a means to talk about the Olórë Mallë (Path of Dreams). We end the conversation with a discussion of the Dagor Dagorath.

Other Referenced Works:
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography (by Humphrey Carpenter)
Völuspá
A Wilderness of Dragons: Essays In Honor of Verlyn Flieger

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Episode 101: Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Part 1

Webmaster — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:00:25 +0000

Kick off the last chapter of the trilogy with Dr. Flieger. Listen as we discuss Tolkien’s larger body of work, such as: The Lost Road, The Notion Club Papers, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories, and Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics. Learn about the concept of “eucatastrophe” and how that relates to the Lord of the Rings.

Books by Dr. Flieger:
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien’s World
A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Road to Faerie
Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien’s Mythology

Collections of Essays by Dr. Flieger:
Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth
Green Suns and Faerie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien
There Would Always be a Fairy-tale: More Essays on Tolkien

Other Referenced Works by J.R.R. Tolkien:
The Kelevala
Kullervo

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Episode 102: Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Part 2

Episode 101: Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Part 1