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SUMMARY:JRR Tolkien and GB Smith: Two Forgotten War Poets? - Professor Stu
 art Lee (University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:In 1954 the first two volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord
  of the Rings were published (The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Tower
 s). To celebrate this event\, and following on from last year’s Tolkien 
 seminars\, Exeter College – Tolkien’s undergraduate college – is pro
 ud to host a series of free lunchtime talks organised by the Faculty of En
 glish on The Lord of the Rings. Open to the public these talks are aimed a
 t going deeper in some key aspects of the novel\, Tolkien as a writer\, an
 d some of the spin-offs it has generated.\n\nPlease note that all seminars
  will take place at the Fitzhugh Auditorium\, Cohen Quad (Exeter College)\
 , Walton Street\, Oxford\, OX1 2HG:\n\nWeek 1(17/10/2024) - Holly Ordway: 
 'Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture: The Making of The Lord
  of the Rings as a Modern Book'.\n\nWeek 2 (24/10/2024) - NOTE: Unfortunat
 ely\, John Garth can now not talk at this seminar as planned. The speaker 
 will now be Stuart Lee. Stuart will talk on: 'JRR Tolkien and GB Smith: Tw
 o Forgotten War Poets?'. Please use the new link (https://www.eventbrite.c
 o.uk/e/1048628334577?aff=oddtdtcreator) to register to attend 'Stuart’s 
 talk on: 'JRR Tolkien and GB Smith: Two Forgotten War Poets?'. Originally 
 John Garth was scheduled to talk on: 'Quisling and Prisoner: How the Secon
 d World War shaped the treason of Isengard'.\n\nWeek 3 (31/10/2024) - HALF
 -TERM NO TALK\n\nWeek 4 (7/11/2024) - Mark Williams: 'A Harmless Vice: Tol
 kien’s Invented Languages'.\n\nWeek 5 (14/11/2024) - Giuseppe Pezzini: '
 The authors and styles of The Lord of the Rings'.\n\nWeek 6 (21/11/2024) -
  Grace Khuri: 'Medievalism in the Margins: Echoes of Anglo-Saxon England i
 n Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings – From Page to Screen'.\n\nWeek 7 
 (28/11/2024) - Michael Ward: 'C.S. Lewis’s Influence on The Lord of the 
 Rings'.\n\nWeek 8 (05/12/2024) - Stuart Lee: 'The ‘Key-spring’ of The 
 Lord of the Rings?'.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Stuart Lee (University of Oxfor
 d)
LOCATION:Exeter College (Fitzhugh Auditorium\, Cohen Quad)\, Turl Street O
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