This program will give an overview of Tolkien’s life, from his birth, in what is now South Africa, to his death, and how his biography is reflected in his creative works.
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Tolkien's childhood, education, marriage, war service, the years at Oxford, literary success, and retirement will all be covered.
The program will be illustrated with a PowerPoint presentation of photographs and Tolkien’s own artwork.
Presented by: Janet Brennan Croft
Janet Brennan Croft is Liaison to English, Cinema Studies, and the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University Libraries.
She is the author of "War in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (Praeger, 2004; winner, Mythopoeic Society Award for Inklings Studies). She has also written on the Peter Jackson films, J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Lois McMaster Bujold, "The Devil Wears Prada," and other authors, including TV, and movies. She is editor or co-editor of many collections of literary essays, the most recent being "Sisterhood, Science, and Surveillance in Orphan Black: Critical Essays" (McFarland, 2019). She edits the refereed scholarly journal "Mythlore."
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