Mark Williams talks on 'A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages'
A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages
Mark Williams talks on 'A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages'. Part of the 70th anniversary talks on 'The Lord of the Rings' organised by the Faculty of English and Exeter College.
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Fantasy Literature has emerged as one of the most important genres over the past few decades and now enjoys extraordinary levels of popularity. The impact of Tolkien’s Middle-earth works and the serialisation of George Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ books has moved these and their contemporaries into mainstream culture. As the popularity grows so does interest in the roots of fantasy, the main writers and themes, and how to approach these texts.
Oxford is a natural home to...