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re: Tolkien, Kullervo, and Corey Olsen.
by Dannigan on 2016/04/10 10:59 am
Heya folks!
National Public Radio (npr.org) has an article about Tolkien and his writing of The Story of Kullervo, a dark story I had never heard of, but one that seemed to charm The Professor.
Also, there is a short and thoughtful 2012 article by Corey Olsen called Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
As we are members of the Tolkien Society (a fact I have always been proud of), I figured these things, like many things Tolkien, are worth sharing here. =)
Honor and fun,
Dannigan a.k.a. Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge =)
_________________ "No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself." - J.R.R. Tolkien, English and Welsh (1955)
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My Lonely Mountain Band characters include Dannigan (main, 100th-level Human Warden), Briamil (95th-level Elven Rune-keeper), Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge (95th-level Dwarven Champion), Mithrilfists (also Gori, 60th-level Dwarven Guardian), and Whittle (95th-level Hobbit Hunter). Far apart, never alone! =)
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re: Re: Tolkien, Kullervo, and Corey Olsen.
by Hollyberye on 2016/04/10 11:06 am
Dannigan wrote: | Heya folks!
National Public Radio (npr.org) has an article about Tolkien and his writing of The Story of Kullervo, a dark story I had never heard of, but one that seemed to charm The Professor.
Also, there is a short and thoughtful 2012 article by Corey Olsen called Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
As we are members of the Tolkien Society (a fact I have always been proud of), I figured these things, like many things Tolkien, are worth sharing here. =)
Honor and fun,
Dannigan a.k.a. Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge =) |
Thanks for this link, Dannigan. We brought up Kullervo several times when we discussed The Children of Hurin in the book club. This story was very influential in the Turin tale, though Tolkien made Turin charistmatic and handsome. I chuckled over how he barely passed his exams and switched his field of study :).
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re: Tolkien, Kullervo, and Corey Olsen.
by Dannigan on 2016/04/11 1:13 am
Me too! I also liked how The Professor explained his "wild" attempt at learning Finnish. Such a creative fellow!
Honor and fun,
Dann =)
_________________ "No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself." - J.R.R. Tolkien, English and Welsh (1955)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien
My Lonely Mountain Band characters include Dannigan (main, 100th-level Human Warden), Briamil (95th-level Elven Rune-keeper), Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge (95th-level Dwarven Champion), Mithrilfists (also Gori, 60th-level Dwarven Guardian), and Whittle (95th-level Hobbit Hunter). Far apart, never alone! =)
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