Professor Rachel Fulton Brown takes you on a journey through the creation of JRR Tolkien’s legendarium, from its origins in Tolkien’s conversations with C.S. Lewis about the power of myth to its realization in the stories of the Silmarillion. Extended version of the course that she teaches at the University of Chicago.
Episode guide: https://fencingbearatprayer.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-forge-of-tolkien.html
Syllabus and course blog: http://tolkienmedievalandmodern.blogspot.com/
Dr. Rachel Fulton Brown is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago, where she teaches courses on the history of Christianity, medieval European religious, cultural, and intellectual history, and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. She blogs as Fencing Bear at Prayer, and she lectures on Logos, Tolkien, and medieval history at UATV. The Dragon Common Room is her online classroom for training poets in the arts of the Christian imagination. She and co-creators KJ Crilly, Kilts Khalfan, and Mel Wiggin host the Mosaic Ark on her UATV Logos and History channel.
Website: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com
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Gondolin—the very word conjures heart-wracking glimpses of the vanished past. Elrond’s father Eärendil was born there, the swords that Bilbo and Gandalf took from the troll-hoard were forged there, Gimli sang of its mighty king, Galadriel remembered it from before it fell. But what was Gondolin? In this episode, Professor Rachel Fulton Brown follows Tuor, son of Huor—or was it son of Peleg?—through the mountain gates—were there seven or only one?—to the hidden city of Turgon with its walls of white and fountains of song. On the journey, we discover the deep roots of Tolkien’s whole legendarium—the untold story upon which all other stories depend.