Aiglos Almanach Tolkienowski Special Issue II is still available!
Aiglos Almanach Tolkienowski Special Issue II is still available!
English language issue, prepared especially for the The Tolkien Society conference Return of the Ring 2012 in Loughborough.
Articles
- Tolkien and the Vikings. J.R.R. Tolkien's connection with the Victorian literature concerning the North - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
- Samwise the Great - Maria Błaszkiewicz
- Language and myth. Tolkien’s and Barfield’s concepts of 'meaning' - Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
- Éowyn - the misunderstood Lady of Rohan - Justyna Brzezińska
- Who are you, and what are you doing in this land? A different way of looking at known things - an epic reading of 'The Lord of the Rings' - Maria Błaszkiewicz
- Noegyth nibin - racism in Beleriand? - Magdalena Kudelska 'Geirve'
- The Rivendell Hymnal and Tenebrae - Tolkien, Elves and the Roman Liturgy - Marcin Morawski 'Lomendil'
- Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of Huan) - 'Kasiopea'
- Mythopoeia and Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien - God, faith, freedom, and the Second Coming - Jakub Z. Lichański
- Nerdanel. A few words about an episode which did not have to be a mere episode - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
- The First Tolkienists - Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
- Word, power and will - magic in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien - Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
- The Sense of Unity and the Category of Unity. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in the Context of Medieval Epic - Agnieszka Kruszyńska
- The Volsunga Saga as an Inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien - Renata Leśniakiewicz-Drzymała
- Master of Doom and Ring-bearer: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth of the First and the Third Ages - Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
- Believe neither editors nor translators, or how I almost rubbed shoulders with a celebrity - Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind HS Took'
- (details at http://aiglos.tolkien.com.pl/english/special2.php )
Fanfiction and poetry by Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel' in Bożena Mitko 'Nellelórë'’s translation and of English-language poems by Marcin Morawski 'Lomendil'.
Reviews and Interviews
- Interview with Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond -from Aiglos No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2006) (with recent footnotes)
- Interview with Tom Shippey -from Aiglos No. 8 (Spring/Summer 2007) (with updates)
- Interview with Verlyn Flieger - from Aiglos No. 12 (Spring/Summer 2009) (with updates)
- Interview with Michael D.C. Drout - from Aiglos No. 12 (Spring/Summer 2009)
- Interview with Alex Lewis -from Aiglos No. 15 (Winter 2010/2011)
- Review: A Fortress Made of Ice: The Silmarillion. Thirty Years On, ed: Allan Turner- -Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
- Review: Destroying the tower built in Beleriand. Arda Reconstructed, i.e. a handful of comments on the book by Douglas Kane, on Tolkienologists and on Christopher Tolkien's edition - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
- Review: A Truly Monumental Work. A Handful of Remarks on J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
- Review: A Fairy Tale and Orality in Tolkien's Texts - (Adrian Jakuboze, Maria E. Pobieżyńska, Michał Żaczek, Baśń- oralność- zagadka) -Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
- Review: The Lord of the Rings, the book and the film as seen by the students of the Adam Mickiewicz University" - Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
- Review: The History of an unusual Friendship? Colin Duriez,Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship -Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
llustrations
- Barbara Śliwińska 'Vilva
- Karolina Węgrzyn 'Sirielle'
- 'Kasiopea'
- Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
- Małgorzata Pudlik 'Marigold'
- Katarzyna Wojdak 'Avari'
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