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epic fantasy. English

# Episode Title Description People Date
1 The authors and styles of 'The Lord of the Rings' Giuseppe Pezzini talks on 'The authors and styles of The Lord of the Rings' Giuseppe Pezzini 01 Mar 2025
2 Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as a Modern Book Holly Ordway presents on 'Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture'. Holly Ordway 01 Mar 2025
3 What is the 'Silmarillion'? This lecture is an introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's third major work, 'The Silmarillion' (1977), and considers its lengthy development in numerous prose and verse texts over fifty years. Grace Khuri 19 Apr 2021