"Eald Enta Geweorc": Tolkien and the Classical Tradition
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Dept. of Religious Studies and Philosophy, The Hill School
Organizer Name
John Wm. Houghton
Organizer Affiliation
Hill School
Presider Name
Michael A. Wodzak
Presider Affiliation
Viterbo Univ.
Paper Title 1
The Classical Origins of Tolkien's Elvish Language Invention
Presenter 1 Name
Andrew Higgins
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 2
"Sing, Muse, the Wrath of Boromir, Denethor's Son": The Workings of Thumos and Lofgeornost in J. R. R. Tolkien
Presenter 2 Name
Dennis Wilson Wise
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Arizona
Paper Title 3
Tolkien's Classical Beowulf
Presenter 3 Name
Jane Chance
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Rice Univ.
Start Date
10-5-2018 1:30 PM
Session Location
Valley 3 Stinson Lounge
Description
Following on a session of the same name from the 52nd Congress, these papers consider ways in which Tolkien's fiction and scholarship make use of the European classical tradition.
--John Wm. Houghton
"Eald Enta Geweorc": Tolkien and the Classical Tradition
Valley 3 Stinson Lounge
Following on a session of the same name from the 52nd Congress, these papers consider ways in which Tolkien's fiction and scholarship make use of the European classical tradition.
--John Wm. Houghton