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Episode 1: On Fairy Stories
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In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important.
Where can you read OFS?
The Monsters and the Critics
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories edited by Verlyn Flieger
Show Notes:
Verlyn Flieger’s introduction to On Fairy Stories
80 episodes
Manage episode 216388394 series 2435664
In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important.
Where can you read OFS?
The Monsters and the Critics
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories edited by Verlyn Flieger
Show Notes:
Verlyn Flieger’s introduction to On Fairy Stories
80 episodes
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