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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 4
Manage episode 429480183 series 3311603
We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.
For more information on the Oxford Centre for Fantasy, our writing courses, and to check out our awesome social media content visit:
Website: https://centre4fantasy.com/website
Instagram: https://centre4fantasy.com/Instagram
Facebook: https://centre4fantasy.com/Facebook
TikTok: https://centre4fantasy.com/tiktok
0:00 Introduction
2:06 Finding Refreshment in Nature
3:57 Tolkien's Discovery Writing
5:51 The Evolution of Sam
7:35 The Humour of Hobbits
8:03 Traversing the Shire
10:53 Elegiac Moment Under the Elm Tree
11:51 Pippin Leading the Way
12:16 Encounter with Farmer Maggot
14:52 Farmer Maggot's Encounter with the Black Rider
17:09 Frodo's Wild Past
20:13 Manners in the Maggot Household
128 episodes
Manage episode 429480183 series 3311603
We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.
For more information on the Oxford Centre for Fantasy, our writing courses, and to check out our awesome social media content visit:
Website: https://centre4fantasy.com/website
Instagram: https://centre4fantasy.com/Instagram
Facebook: https://centre4fantasy.com/Facebook
TikTok: https://centre4fantasy.com/tiktok
0:00 Introduction
2:06 Finding Refreshment in Nature
3:57 Tolkien's Discovery Writing
5:51 The Evolution of Sam
7:35 The Humour of Hobbits
8:03 Traversing the Shire
10:53 Elegiac Moment Under the Elm Tree
11:51 Pippin Leading the Way
12:16 Encounter with Farmer Maggot
14:52 Farmer Maggot's Encounter with the Black Rider
17:09 Frodo's Wild Past
20:13 Manners in the Maggot Household
128 episodes
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