How to Read J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings

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📚 Explore the world of J.R.R. Tolkien with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/hardcoreliterature ———————————— 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) 🏫 https://hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) ✍🏼 https://benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website ———————————— Hardcore Literature Lecture Series ———————————— 📔Contents Page: https://cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 🎖️ War and Peace: https://cutt.ly/U3nzGma 🎭 Shakespeare Project: https://cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 🐳 Moby Dick: https://cutt.ly/K3nzVKf ☄️ Blood Meridian: https://cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp 🍂 Wuthering Heights: https://cutt.ly/N3nxxYt 🇮🇪 Ulysses: https://cutt.ly/x3nxQmN 🚂 Anna Karenina: https://cutt.ly/vmNhAWv 💀 Crime and Punishment: https://cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 ⚓ Persuasion: https://cutt.ly/amNhX7b ☕ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD ⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: https://cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 🌸 Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi 🎠 Don Quixote: https://cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: https://cutt.ly/nmNlW7V 🇫🇷 Les Misérables: https://cutt.ly/J3YixoA 🕯️ The Turn of the Screw: https://cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 🖋️ Dickens Seasonal Read: https://cutt.ly/9ToAybt 📖 Middlemarch Serial Reading: https://tinyurl.com/45rv965c ———————————— 0:00 the enduring power of Tolkien’s storytelling 1:20 on the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien 3:30 invention as a process of rediscovery 5:00 how Tolkien sparks our love of literature 6:00 lecture series on the world of Tolkien 7:00 the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien 8:00 why should we embrace a love of words? 9:00 history of language is a history of people 10:30 how Tolkien began creating languages 11:30 two approaches to language creation 13:00 creating a home for one’s languages 15:30 on the illusion of historicity 16:30 language creation in the 20th century 18:00 Tolkien’s personal language aesthetic 19:00 most important parts of language creation 20:00 the elvish languages of Quenya and Sindarin 20:30 Tolkien reciting ‘Namárië’ (Galadriel’s Lament) 21:00 sound symbolism in Tolkien’s languages 22:00 ‘Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo’ 23:30 the songs of The Lord of the Rings 25:00 how Tolkien created beautiful languages 28:30 Tolkien and the English language 29:30 on uniting literature and language 33:00 celebrating our love of old lore 35:00 moral teaching vs moral allegories 37:00 Tolkien and the First World War 38:00 creating a national mythology for England 41:00 Tolkien and Victorian Arthuriana 43:00 nostalgia and ecological comments 45:00 on quests and the hero’s journey 47:00 ‘I wish it need not have happened in my time’ 48:00 how do we define a great hero? 50:00 on finding the courage already within us 51:30 time to answer the call to adventure