IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2312: Medieval Climates, Cosmologies, and Ecosystems in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien, II
Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar, Brighton |
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Moderator/Chair: | Kristine Larsen, Department of Geological Sciences, Central Connecticut State University |
Paper 2312-a | The Myth of Mother: Retracing the Roots of Motherhood in Tolkien's Decaying Middle-Earth (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
Paper 2312-b | Situating Middle-Earth: Reconsidering Tolkien's Relationship with the Landscape (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
Paper 2312-c | Language Invention, Climate, and Landscape in Tolkien's Gnomish Lexicon (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
Abstract | Tolkien spent most of his lifetime inventing an extended mythology which displays an impressive array of secondary world infrastructures (Mark Wolf, Building Imaginary Worlds, Routledge, 2012). The richness of his world-building allows scholars to directly address the overall theme of this conference with papers exploring broad aspects of climate and its relationship and impact on the heavens, waters, landscapes, patterns of weather and peoples in Tolkien's world-building as expressed through his narratives, language invention and his own exploration and scholarship. Paper -a: Paper -b: Paper -c: |