A few weeks ago I made two posts gearing up for an essay I'm writing on Boromir. Previous posts, for anyone still wanting to comment:

• Tolkien on Boromir's character
• Tolkien on sexuality (broadly construed!)

I'm actually making progress on the essay (which is good since the challenge it's for is due soon), but there's one more thing I want to talk ( Read more... )

Thursday is apparently the new Friday. I'm in the middle of summer school, which means three hours on my feet and, often as not, another 2-3 in my office working with students, on three consecutive days, and then another 4-5 after that getting the next day's lectures in order. The weekends also involve doing the readings (so I only have to outline ( Read more... )

I'm working on an essay for the August LOTR_Community_GFIC challenge, and I thought I'd crowdsource my research. That's where you all come in.

I've been thinking lately about the way people people view canon and want to explore that a bit, but not with some sort of "here's the right way to approach the books and use them in your fanfic story" screed ( Read more... )