6 April 2019 19:30 utc — view in local time
2019: Tolkien & Horror, Session 5: Horrors of modernity
Mary Lou Kete, moderator
- Matthew Dickerson: Raising walls or welcoming refugees: Reflecting on models of wisdom, heroism and ethics in The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The Lord of the Rings, and other works of J.R.R. Tolkien (and yet another instance of the continued relevance of the legendarium to modern day life)
- Lisa Gerard: Tolkien: The horror of modernity
- Andrew Liptak: Tolkien’s wartime experiences: How the Great War redefined horror
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