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Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien | Janet Brennan Croft

Chiasmus: a figure of speech in which the grammar of two parallel phrases is inverted

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Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien | Janet Brennan Croft

From “Speech and Silence in The Lord of the Rings: Medieval Romance and the Transitions of Eowyn”

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BarbaraJean I hadn't heard of this book--and it sounds fabulous! I've just discovered I can check it out on Hoopla. (Adding it to the reading list now!) 4d

Daisey @BarbaraJean It‘s been on my list for a while now. I don‘t know that I‘ll do more than read an essay randomly, but I‘m so glad to have finally started it! 4d

JazzFeathers I'm always interested in reading about Tolkien's female characters. I think there's so much more to them than so many readers give them credit to. 3d

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Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien | Janet Brennan Croft

After finishing The Fall of Arthur this morning, I pulled this book from my shelf this evening. In the introduction, the description of this essay relating Eowyn to a female medieval knight seemed a perfect complement to my earlier reading. It‘s a truly interesting analysis of Eowyn‘s character development from court lady to acting lord of Rohan to shield maiden and finally to wife and healer.

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Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One : the Legends of Aman | J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Post 1/2: When I read ”Of the Flight of the Noldor” now after reading the History of Middle-Earth (HoME), I always miss the actual inclusion of the oath of Fëanor and his sons. Reading the words feels so much more dramatic than only a narrative description. So, I‘m sharing two versions. This is the version from the tagged book.

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Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien | Janet Brennan Croft

This is a perfect #Jolabokaflod gift! I‘ve had this book of essays about women in the works of Tolkien on my wish list for quite a while and am looking forward to at least choosing one of them to read later this evening while also enjoying some delicious Dove truffles. Thank you to @Light_of_Aether for a great gift and to @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this wonderfully festive swap!

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Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion | Christina Scull, Wayne G Hammond

I‘ve got two words to share today. This one is actually from the Lord of the Rings Reader‘s Companion rather than LotR itself. Tolkien explains in a letter how Frodo‘s actions at the Crack of Doom had been foreshadowed or adumbrated earlier in the story.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great word! 1y

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CBee Very cool word and one I‘ve never heard before! 1y

JazzFeathers Oh, that sounds very like Italian "adombrare", which may sometime mean the same thing. It comes from "ombra", "Shadow". 1y

Daisey @JazzFeathers Interesting! 1y

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Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion | Christina Scull, Wayne G Hammond

Not many notes for this chapter, just a lap full of pets who don‘t think I should get up to finish this morning‘s housework or get ready to leave for church.

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Traci1 At least you'll never get cold. 😄 1y

AmyG A lap full of pets…..sounds divine. 1y

Jari-chan What a lovely sight 😻 1y

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dabbe Hello there, sweet kitties on the lap! 🖤🐾🐾🖤 1y

Daisey @Traci1 Absolutely! They‘ve gotten more cuddly as the temperature has dropped recently and I‘m not completely. 1y

Daisey @AmyG @Jari-chan Always enjoyable! 1y

Daisey @dabbe The beagle is snuggled in there too! 1y

dabbe @Daisey Oh, lordy, look at that! I totally missed it! They are having the best mamma-love time! 🤩🤩🤩 1y

RaeLovesToRead Awww! 🥰 1y

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JazzFeathers That's the best position ever 😻🐶💚 1y

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Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion | Christina Scull, Wayne G Hammond

For Book 6 Chapter 4 “The Field of Cormallen”

I found this note about March 25, the day the ring was destroyed, and it‘s traditional relevance in Christian history as the date of the Annunciation and Crucifixion interesting. The note also explains its meaning as Lady Day which I had no knowledge of, other than recently noticing it in reading Tess of the D‘Urbervilles.

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CatLass007 Wow. That is all really interesting.🧐 I don‘t think I‘d have the patience to plow through all that material. Thank you for posting some of the highlights. 1y

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BarbaraJean Oh, that‘s interesting about March 25/the Annunciation/Lady Day being the start of the year in England for so long! That date seemed so arbitrary—but of course it would have meaning behind it! My big takeaway from this section is that the Shire reckoning eliminates my birthday (March 31). 😆 1y

Daisey @CatLass007 I‘m not reading the Companion book word for word, just skimming chapters as I have time, so I‘ll do it again on future rereads as well. After reading the History of Middle-Earth, this is fairly simple to follow. I also appreciate that it gives me references for where in those I could look for more detail as well. I‘m loving finding and sharing little bits like this. 1y

Daisey @BarbaraJean Yes, I noticed it but didn‘t question it at all as we read Tess, so it was so cool to learn here. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Very interesting! I immediately thought of Tess, too! 1y

BethM This is so neat! 1y

CatLass007 Who is hosting #FellowshipOfTolkien? I would like to sign on for this buddy read. 1y

Daisey @CatLass007 It‘s basically the same as #LotRChapterADay. We kind of change that hashtag with books and have used #FellowshipOfTolkien for all of our Tolkien related posts for a few years. Hosted by myself & @JazzFeathers (edited) 1y

CatLass007 Will you please add me to the tag list. I have several Tolkien books that I haven‘t read yet and I would like to join in the conversation. 1y

CatLass007 @Daisey @JazzFeathers What is the next book for the #FellowshipOfTolkien? I want to make sure I have it in my library. Plus, when will this buddy read begin and is there a schedule? Sorry for being a nuisance. 1y

Daisey @CatLass007 No worries! We are planning to finish LotR with the appendices. Then we might switch it up and read the Letters to Father Christmas in December. After the new year we‘ve discussed possibly Adventures of Tom Bombadil and/or The Silmarillion. We‘ve been reading and rereading with variations in the group since 2017. So, we tend to reread and then pick up something new to us. 1y

CatLass007 I was inactive for 3+ years but I remember when you started the group. It‘s great that y‘all are still reading and discussing Tolkien. I‘m listening to the audiobooks and I have Appendix A, which is nearly three hours long. How are you dividing the appendix? 1y

CatLass007 If there are any Tolkien books that are not on Audible, then I don‘t have them in my library. But it looks like I have a copy of everything that is on Audible. 1y

CatLass007 The final chapter ends rather abruptly because the audiobook includes The Grey Havens and the original Preface by JRR Tolkien. I guess this will be included with the appendices. 1y

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