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"I don't remember exactly when I first read the Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion, but it was at least 30 years ago. I've re-read them all (plus "Unfinished Tales" and the recently published "The Children of Hurin") dozens of times, and spent way more time than I would like to admit reading about Tolkien's world on various websites.
None of this time has gotten me anything other than some personal satisfaction and a nagging guilty feeling. But I now have another place to feed my Tolkien obsession. One enterprising and creative Eph is using his interest in Tolkien to make a name for himself and further his academic career. Corey Olsen '96, a tenured professor of English at Washington College in Chestertown, MD has branded himself The Tolkien Professor."
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Folks: This is the first in a series of posts in which I am going to be republishing, to this blog, old articles of mine that I think are pretty good but that are no longer available online. I want to have a record of my work here, and this seems a reasonable way to do it. So, enjoy.
Forgive me. I'm going to channel Sally Field here by way of Shelob.
One of the stranger concepts in Tolkien's writings is that of "High Elves". Why are these elves high? It has nothing to do with drugs, though in the Tolkien Society we used to joke about them smoking lembas.
The brand new just published (June 1) book Beren and Lúthien