Tolkien

Tolkien: Knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right (my review of Dome Karukoski’s biopic)

* This is the original first draft of my review of the film Tolkien (2019), directed by Dome Karukoski, for the TLS. The version published is slightly shorter, and with a different title – link here. Tolkien: Knowing it’s…

By Dimitra Fimi | 13th June 2021 | Tolkien | No Comments |

Top 3 Fantasy Authors excluding Tolkien? Data from a Twitter snap poll.

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a tweet which ended up developing into a snap poll with over 450 responses. The question? Here it goes: Please help me with a quick experiment to inform a discussion with our #Fantasy…

By Dimitra Fimi | 18th May 2020 | Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Literature, Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin | 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 |

New article on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters in The Conversation

I had a new (festive) article published yesterday on the The Conversation, titled: “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole”. In this article I discuss the letters from Father Christmas Tolkien sent…

By Dimitra Fimi | 22nd December 2017 | Children's Fantasy, Children's Literature, Christmas, Invented Languages, Myth and Folklore, The Hobbit, Tolkien | No Comments |

George MacDonald and one of Tolkien’s most quotable lines

I’ve been re-reading many of the works of George MacDonald recently, in preparation for my keynote lecture at the George MacDonald’s Scotland conference at the University of Aberdeen next week (https://gmdscotland.wordpress.com/). My lecture is titled “George MacDonald and Celticity”, and…

By Dimitra Fimi | 9th July 2017 | Books, Conferences, Fantasy Literature, Tolkien | No Comments |

Beren and Lúthien: Some First Thoughts (and radio interview)

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, was published yesterday. The book is an attempt by Christopher Tolkien to extract one of the most beautiful, moving, and personal stories of his father’s ‘legendarium’ into a standalone book, allowing the…

By Dimitra Fimi | 2nd June 2017 | Books, Fantasy Literature, Folklore, Interviews, Media, Myth and Folklore, Tolkien, Worldbuilding | No Comments |

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Tolkien

Tolkien: Knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right (my review of Dome Karukoski’s biopic)

Top 3 Fantasy Authors excluding Tolkien? Data from a Twitter snap poll.

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

New article on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters in The Conversation

George MacDonald and one of Tolkien’s most quotable lines

Beren and Lúthien: Some First Thoughts (and radio interview)

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

“Twas the Night Before Christmas” and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Tinfang Warble

Researching Tolkien’s ‘Secret Vice’

Authorial control and world-building: Some thoughts on J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Catherine Fisher and Umberto Eco