In Honor of Verlyn Flieger (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Tolkien at Kalamazoo

Organizer Name

Brad Eden

Organizer Affiliation

Valparaiso Univ.

Presider Name

John D. Rateliff

Presider Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 1

Tolkien's "On Fairy-stories" as a theory of literature

Presenter 1 Name

Curtis Gruenler

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Hope College

Paper Title 2

The Well and the Book: Flieger and Tolkien on "the Past in the Past"

Presenter 2 Name

Deborah Sabo

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Arkansas-Fayetteville/Arkansas Archeological Survey

Paper Title 3

So Many Wonders: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight according to Tolkien and Flieger

Presenter 3 Name

Amy Amendt-Raduege

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Whatcom Community College

Paper Title 4

"Linguistic Ghosts": Anglo-Saxon Poetry as Tolkien's Tether between Past and Present

Presenter 4 Name

Kristine Larsen

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Central Connecticut State Univ.

Paper Title 5

An Elf by Any Other Name: Naming, Language, and Loss in Tolkien's Legendarium

Presenter 5 Name

Benjamin S. W. Barootes

Presenter 5 Affiliation

McGill Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1040

Description

This roundtable will be in honor of Verlyn Flieger, a pioneer in the academic study of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Brad Eden