Tolkien, Philology, and the Great Books, feat. Colin Chan Redemer | Episode X
New Humanists
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What's the First Word That Tolkin Was Given?
Many of our, or maybe i don't know, at least some of our listeners will know him beyond just the elves. They'll also know him as a professor of philology. This is the context in which talkin met lewis and the inklings grew up a caln't you want to give us kind of just a quick, quick hits? I'n talking as an academic, not just a kind of myth maker. He gets his start not at oxford. Any references this in the valedictory address. So it's a great little intro if you're trying to think about tolkin's biography. Ah, right after he gets out of the war
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