IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 518: Tolkien and Temporalities, I: Memories and Manuscripts

Sponsor:	Signum University, New Hampshire
Organiser:	Sara Brown, Department of Language & Literature, Signum University, New Hampshire
Moderator/Chair:	Kristine Larsen, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Central Connecticut State University
Paper 518-a	'As they were in all the days of my life': Longing for a (Misremembered) Past in Tolkien from the Middle Ages through Today (Language: English) Christian Trenk, Department of Language & Literature, Signum University, New Hampshire Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 518-b	Philology and Poetry: Multitemporal Dramas in Tolkien's Fiction (Language: English) Anna Smol, Department of English, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 518-c	Creating a Red Book II: How to DIY an Ancient Manuscript (Language: English) Aurelie Bremont, Centre d'Etudes Médiévales Anglaises, Sorbonne Université, Paris Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract	Papers accepted into this session are engaging with Tolkien’s use of narrative temporality, the function or significance of memory and nostalgia, and Annals and Chronicles in Tolkien’s life and fiction.