A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages

Tolkien at IMC Leeds 2018 – round-up

I am now back from Leeds, after an excellent Tolkien Society Seminar, and an outstanding series of papers and a roundtable discussion on Tolkien at the International Medieval Congress 2018. Here’s a quick overview of all papers presented at the IMC,…

By Dimitra Fimi | 9th July 2018 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Conferences, The Hobbit, Tolkien, Uncategorized | No Comments |

New journal article: J.R.R. Tolkien and early 20th-century radical linguistic experimentation

Last month I had a new journal article published in the Open Access Journal of Tolkien Research: Fimi, D. (2018) ‘Language as Communication vs. Language as Art: J.R.R. Tolkien and Early 20th-Century Radical Linguistic Experimentation’, Journal of Tolkien Research, 5(1), pp.…

By Dimitra Fimi | 21st April 2018 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Invented Languages, Journal Articles, Tolkien | No Comments |

Article on Invented Languages on the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Online

I have had a new article published today on the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Online, titled: “Inventing a Whole Language”. In this article I discuss imaginary languages, from early modern traveller’s tales and Victorian fantasy, to Tolkien, of course, as well…

By Dimitra Fimi | 17th March 2017 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Books, Fantasy Literature, Invented Languages, Tolkien | No Comments |

Tolkien Sessions at IMC Leeds, July 2017

*Update – June 2017 I am very pleased to announce that all four sessions on J.R.R. Tolkien I proposed for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds 2017 have been accepted! This will be the third consecutive year of papers on…

By Dimitra Fimi | 30th November 2016 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Books, Conferences, Fantasy Literature, The Hobbit, Tolkien, Tolkien's The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun | No Comments |

Tolkien’s A Secret Vice: first reviews

Since the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (ed. Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins), many readers have been sharing stories about the book, first reviews, as well as pictures of their own copy. Here is a selection!

By Dimitra Fimi | 30th June 2016 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Books, Fantasy Literature, Invented Languages, Tolkien | No Comments |

Researching Tolkien’s ‘Secret Vice’

During the last few months I have been buried in my cave… er… office to finish the OTHER book, and I have gone through a pretty traumatic family emergency (all OK now!). Adding to this mix the mad marking load…

By Dimitra Fimi | 29th June 2016 | A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages, Books, Interviews, Invented Languages, Tolkien | No Comments |