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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Sam may have been eager for stories about Elves, but Men like Faramir and his brother Boromir were wary, fearing and misdoubting the Elves, even as they knew little about them. But were they not right to fear Elves? In this episode, Professor Rachel Fulton Brown considers the Elvish Question further. What was at stake for Tolkien in telling stories about Elves? Why are his Elves so different from those found in other modern fantasy, for example, Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies or John C. Wright’s The Green Knight’s Squire? Why should Elves like Galadriel seem both beautiful and perilous to Men?