Hee! Weren't we talking about Thomas Shippey at RingCon?
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'Lord of the Rings' film festival, lecture at Bates College
LEWISTON - A leading Tolkien scholar will give a lecture Thursday at Bates College following a three-day Tolkien Film Festival that will begin Monday.
Thomas Shippey will give his talk, "Filming the Lord of the Rings: How Peter Jackson Coped with J.R.R. Tolkien," at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center on Russell Street.
The public is invited to attend the talk, followed by a reception in the Olin lobby, free of charge.
Shippey's primary areas of focus are medieval literature, especially the earliest literature of Anglo-Saxon England, and modern fantasy and science fiction. These interests merge in his two much-reprinted and translated books on J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Road to Middle Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology" and "J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century."
All three film screenings will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Filene Room of Pettigrew Hall, 75 College St., Bates College. The public can attend at no cost.
Details at the link above and at the Bates College website, which contains more information about Shippey. The screenings started LAST NIGHT, 22. October, the lecture is Thursday night - I'm sure it will be very interesting!
'Lord of the Rings' film festival, lecture at Bates College
LEWISTON - A leading Tolkien scholar will give a lecture Thursday at Bates College following a three-day Tolkien Film Festival that will begin Monday.
Thomas Shippey will give his talk, "Filming the Lord of the Rings: How Peter Jackson Coped with J.R.R. Tolkien," at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center on Russell Street.
The public is invited to attend the talk, followed by a reception in the Olin lobby, free of charge.
Shippey's primary areas of focus are medieval literature, especially the earliest literature of Anglo-Saxon England, and modern fantasy and science fiction. These interests merge in his two much-reprinted and translated books on J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Road to Middle Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology" and "J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century."
All three film screenings will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Filene Room of Pettigrew Hall, 75 College St., Bates College. The public can attend at no cost.
Details at the link above and at the Bates College website, which contains more information about Shippey. The screenings started LAST NIGHT, 22. October, the lecture is Thursday night - I'm sure it will be very interesting!