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The Story of Kullervo – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)

March 14, 2024 Josh Olds Comments Off

The Story of Kullervo is the second of three non-Middle-Earth JRR Tolkien tales to receive a literary overview from noted Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. Flieger had written several books about Tolkien and Tolkien’s legendarium, including […]

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)

March 14, 2024 Josh Olds Comments Off

Before Tolkien was the Master of Middle-Earth, he was a humble academic specializing in medieval English literature and philology. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun comes from this non-Middle-Earth academic side of Tolkien merging with […]