From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.
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The War of the Rohirrim is set some 200 years before Frodo and the Fellowship embark on their quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
Series two of Rings of Power is concentrating on Tolkien’s warning of a ‘war of machines’.
The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien contains nearly 250 individual works spanning more than five decades, 70 of them previously unpublished.
Tolkien was far more concerned that we take his novel on its own terms as a work of art than that we arrive at some correct interpretation.
For the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s death, I want to celebrate some of his major contributions to the study of medieval literature.
A better understanding of Tolkien’s works and the nature of adaptations will combat some online disinformation and harassment that has surrounded ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.’
Badly paced and luridly shot, the series’ first episodes have been a let down.
The new series is part of the expansive world created by J.R.R Tolkien across several books, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
New research shows that literary relatives tend to share a similar writing style.
From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.
Recent accusations of racism are at odds with the values of friendship, altruism and courage exemplified in his books. Was Tolkien simply a product of his time?
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