Listen "J R R Tolkien 'Beyond the Shoreless Sea' "
Episode Synopsis
These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical events.
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