IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 330: Materiality in Tolkien's Medievalism, III
Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Organiser: | Dimitra Fimi, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar, Brighton |
| Paper 330-a | Tolkien's Elvish and Archaic First Map of Middle-Earth: Lost Connections in Space and Time (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 330-b | From Mushrooms to Man-Flesh: The Cultural Significance of Food in the Material World of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 330-c | From Finwë's Winged Sun to the 'Wheel of Fire': Tolkien's Heraldic Emblems as Signifiers in the Works of Sergei Iukhimov (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | This session (one of three) will explore the different material cultures of the peoples of Middle-earth, from monuments, architecture, ruins, and manuscripts, to food, clothing, and other quotidian artefacts. Apart from these 'internal materialities' (i.e. existing within the context/conceit of Tolkien's secondary world and its cultures) papers in these three sessions will also address Tolkien's own creative process and its accompanying 'external materialities' (i.e. external to the secondary world) such as Tolkien's own hand-written/-drawn sketches, drafts, maps, and 'feigned' manuscripts, and their role in the building of his legendarium. |