Tolkien as Medieval Scholar

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Tolkien at Kalamazoo

Organizer Name

Brad Eden

Organizer Affiliation

Valparaiso Univ.

Presider Name

Brad Eden

Paper Title 1

"And they are making songs about him from here to the sea": Samwise Gamgee as Medieval English Yeoman

Presenter 1 Name

Leigh Smith

Presenter 1 Affiliation

East Stroudsburg Univ.

Paper Title 2

A Historiology for England: Tolkien on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Presenter 2 Name

John R. Holmes

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville

Paper Title 3

Tolkien's Poetic Scholarship: Old English Meter and Modern Poetry

Presenter 3 Name

Anna Smol

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Mount St. Vincent Univ.

Paper Title 4

Tolkien as a Celticist: Views of a "Curtain Raiser" of the O'Donnell Lecture Series

Presenter 4 Name

Yoko Hemmi

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Keio Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2013 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1045

Description

This session will focus attention on Tolkien's scholarship away from the fictional works and on his contributions to medieval scholarship.

Brad Eden