J. R. R. Tolkien

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Tolkien, J. R. R.

(John Ronald Reuel Tolkien) (täl`kēn, tōl`–), 1892–1973, British novelist, b. South Africa. A fantasy writer and Oxford don, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit (1937), adapted from stories he told his children. Some of the characters from The Hobbit reappear in The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), a trilogy in which he details the life, history, and cosmology of the mythological Middle Earth, and for which he invented several languages, most notably Elvish. He was also a respected medieval scholar.

Bibliography

See H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien, ed., The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1988); biographies by H. Carpenter (1977, repr. 2000), L. E. Jones (2003), and M. White (2003); studies by R. Foster (rev. ed. 2001) and T. A. Shippey (rev. ed. 2003); P. and C. Zaleski, The Fellowship (2015).

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University teachers working in different fields in North America, China, India, and Europe offer guidelines, along with discussion of assignment design, methodology, teaching practices, and classroom setup to courses involving J.R.R. Tolkein, fan pilgrimages and service learning, Tumblr, online fan activities, vidding as a way to teach critical literary theory, race and racism, and fandom as an academic subject.

Fandom as Classroom Practice: A Teaching Guide

Boosinger said he drew from the Welsh language for his company's name because Welsh is similar to one of the Elvish languages in the fantasy universe of author J.R.R. Tolkein. Boosinger said his desire to enter a fantasy - or virtual - world began when he was 8 years old, exposed for the first time to Tolkein's "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings."

Blue Chip

Forget J.R.R. Tolkein's Shire and Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, Gulf News poll respondents preferred Hogwarts to all other imaginary worlds.

Hogwarts is the best imaginary world, readers say

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Favorite U.S. authors light on licensing

My favourite writers are J.R.R. Tolkein, Ian Fleming and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

RISE AND RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR; For the love of books

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY J.R.R. Tolkein. camera (color.

This 'Hobbit' dwarfs the rest

This genre has definitely mushroomed since the days of J.R.R. Tolkein's works and even before that, becoming an accepted category of pop culture, young adult and adult fantasy literature.

The Compendium of Raath, Book 1: The Chosen

Inside, there were an array of activities including an opportunity to make your own shield or pedant; arms from the middle ages (which anyone from Middle-earth would recognize) workshops and demonstrations; a reading of tales by J.R.R. Tolkein, the reputedly mild-mannered author responsible for Middle-earth where "The Hobbit,'' "The Lord of the Rings'' and plenty of battles are set; a scholarly discussion; and even a Hobbit sing-along.

Last 'Middle-earth day' marked; Tolkein tribute bittersweet

It was like J.R.R. Tolkein coming to class after you read Lord of the Rings," said Thompson.

Bringing the old west into the classroom

Colbert has been a longtime fan of J.R.R. Tolkein's work, reportedly going as far as learning the fictional language of Elvish in order to more fully appreciate the subtle details in "Lord of the Rings."

Stephen Colbert To Make A Cameo Appearance In 'The Hobbit' Trilogy

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Famous 1914-1918. (reprint, 2008)

In the books of J.R.R. Tolkein, Bilbo Baggins found a ring that could make him invisible; he passed it on to his nephew Frodo.