Session 1: Nature, madness, & humor

6 April 2019 12:30 utc — view in local time

• moderator: Matthew Dickerson, Professor of Computer Science, Middlebury College

Papers

№ 1: The wrath of trees: Nature and horror in The Lord of the Rings

Karin Murray-Bergquist, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Paper read by Christopher T. Vaccaro.

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№ 2: Riddles and laughter, powers for good in Tolkien’s Middle-earth

Ian Gauthier

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№ 3: They’re like something from a nightmare.: No. They’re something nightmares are from.… Monsters. Magic. Gods; or, J.R.R. Tolkien and Joss Whedon: The Notion Club Papers as horror [albeit somewhat satirical and intellectual horror, as in the classic film The Cabin in the Woods] Disclaimer: Don’t…

Kristine Larsen, Professor, Geological Sciences, Central Connecticut State University

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