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i have looked the last on that which is fairest

by ruiconteur

8 books

on death and fading in tolkien’s legendarium

— “for our days are ending and our years failing / I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.”

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The Battle of Maldon: A Definitive Edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's Poetic Masterpiece and Its Historical Context

The Sweet and the Bitter: Death and Dying in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures

Tolkien's time

by Valyax

35 books

When you want a break, just read your favourite author!

(The list is the recommended reading order)

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The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)

The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth, #12)

The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)

Tolkien's Oxford Reading List

by Nokivaris

20 books

What did Tolkien have his students read at Pembroke College in Oxford? And what were his understandings of the old poems? Suggestions, information and discussion extremely welcome :)

Inspired by the video: "What were Tolkien's Oxford Students Reading in the 1930s?" by Graham Scheper on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruvevoxXNgw)

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The Dream of the Rood (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)