hobbits

Tolkien’s Hobbits, a Black Rider, and a Tree Root: chasing a visual chain

One of the most iconic scenes from Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the moment when Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, having set off from the Shire towards the great…

By Dimitra Fimi | 3rd August 2021 | Tolkien | No Comments |

Tolkien and the Art of Book Reviewing: A Circuitous Road to Middle-earth

The Tolkien Society has just uploaded on YouTube my talk for Oxonmoot 2016, titled: “Tolkien and the Art of Book Reviewing: A Circuitous Road to Middle-earth”. I thought, therefore, that it would be a good idea to publish the text of…

By Dimitra Fimi | 17th May 2017 | Books, Fantasy Literature, Public Lecture, Tolkien | No Comments |

Hobbit Songs and Rhymes: The Folklore of Middle-earth

I was recently asked by lotrplaza.com to contribute an article to their new Scholars Forum on a Tolkien-related topic. My recently published book Tolkien, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits includes an important part on Tolkien’s knowledge of folklore…

By Dimitra Fimi | 7th April 2009 | Books, Journal Articles, Myth and Folklore, Public Lecture, Tolkien | No Comments |