An American professor spent a summer with Tolkien. He remembers the man, his faith, and his writings. I first met J. R. R. Tolkien late on the afternoon of September 1, 1964. His fame was then rapidly ...

Since 2009, Washington College English professor Olsen’s Web site, The Tolkien Professor, has provided accessible insight into the works of famed academic and fantasist J.R.R. Tolkien. Fans of that ...

The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

Beowulf with the Finnesburg Fragment. Edited by C.L. Wrenn and W.F. Bolton, U of Exeter P, 1992. Bliss, Alan. “Preface.” J.R.R. Tolkien, Finn and Hengest: The ...

Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time ...

JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth has been adapted successfully for film and TV, and the adaptations have made inspired additions ...