• A Mere Individual

  • Nov 15 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's experience fighting in World War I and the ways it informed his worldview.


    Primary sources:

    The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Fall of Gondolin


    Secondary sources:

    Garth - Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth

    Garth - The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth

    Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

    Loconte (for NYTimes) - How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front

    Collins (for The Collector) - Lewis, Hemingway, & Tolkien: Three Authors of the Great War



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