{"id":16089,"date":"2024-08-25T16:40:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potbanks.wordpress.com\/?p=16089"},"modified":"2024-08-25T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:40:32","slug":"tolkien-gleanings-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/2024\/08\/25\/tolkien-gleanings-231\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Gleanings #231"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tolkien Gleanings<\/a> #231<\/p>\n

* Later in 2024 The Tolkien Society<\/a> plans a two-day conference (online) to celebrate the centenary of Christopher Tolkien’s birth. <\/p>\n

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* In the Hungarian journal The Anachronist<\/em> (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest), “Tolkien Behind the Iron Curtain and Beyond”<\/a> reviews the recent book J.R.R. Tolkien in Central Europe. Context, Directions, and the Legacy<\/em> (2023). In English and freely available online.<\/p>\n

* Jessica Yates asks “Who was ‘Mr. Rang’?”<\/a>. Tolkien wrote a long and important late letter to him, of which the draft survived to be published. A plausible candidate for ‘Rang’ is suggested. The only other (and somewhat unlikely) possibility I can dig up is the acclaimed London surgeon Mercer Rang (1933-2003). He was a leading specialist in healing children’s bone fractures, and from 1967 was in Toronto in Canada. He was also an accomplished non-fiction medical historian and anthologist, and might conceivably have had an interest in the best children’s literature (as an aid to the recovery of his long-term patients). Although I guess Tolkien would have known to address him as “Dr. Rang”.<\/p>\n

* In the new book The Bible and Western Christian Literature: Twentieth Century to the Present Day<\/em> (2024), the chapter “Remythologizing Faith: Biblical Fantasy and the Inklings’ Romantic Theology”.<\/p>\n

* Coming soon via the FACTS<\/em> podcast, another interview with Holly Ordway on her book Tolkien\u2019s Faith<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* In a market town in mid Wales, a local newspaper has a new feature in which “Machynlleth Tolkien collector shares tips”<\/a> on collecting Tolkien editions. With a picture of his local market stall, which looks worth seeking out should you be passing through on your way to the coast. <\/p>\n

* On YouTube, the August 2024 Update<\/a> for the Digital Tolkien Project.<\/p>\n

* And finally, the World Fantasy Convention<\/a> (who knew?) is to be held in Brighton, 30th October – 2nd November 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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