{"id":19079,"date":"2026-04-23T23:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/?p=19079"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:59:46","slug":"tolkien-gleanings-402","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/2026\/04\/23\/tolkien-gleanings-402\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Gleanings #402"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tolkien Gleanings<\/a> #402<\/p>\n

* The new Spring 2026 edition of Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature<\/em> is now freely available online<\/a>. Including, among many others, articles on…<\/p>\n

    – Elwing and Earendil and the “Living Light” of Love.
\n    – The Significance of Ioreth, Wise Woman of Gondor.
\n    – The Enigma of Goldberry and the River-woman.<\/p>\n

Also a wealth of reviews, including The Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien: Mythopoeia and the Recovery of Creation<\/em>, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Women of Middle-earth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

* The April 2026 issue of Journal of Inklings Studies<\/a><\/em> is now available ($ partly paywalled). Free access to the book reviews, which include long reviews of Theology and Tolkien: Practical Theology<\/em> and its companion Theology and Tolkien: Constructive Theology<\/em><\/a>, Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation<\/a><\/em>, The High Hallow: Tolkien\u2019s Liturgical Imagination<\/a><\/em>, and J.R.R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction<\/a><\/em>. The latter is found to be…<\/p>\n

“a must-read for all scholars, students, and readers of English literature who are willing to dive into the depths of Tolkien\u2019s literary world \u2013 guided by lucid prose and an engaging style, all in just over 100 pages”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* Malcolm Guite gives a short interview about his major new book Galahad and the Grail<\/em><\/a>… <\/p>\n

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“Malcolm Guite helps contemporary readers experience an authentic version of the Arthurian legends in modern language. Here at the height of his poetic power, Malcolm Guite delivers a tale of adventure in ballad form that plumbs the depths of the human soul, carries readers through the Wasteland, and sets them upon the numinous shores of Faerie.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* Another restored view of the young Tolkien’s Birmingham. The Great Hall of Birmingham University, where Tolkien was brought from France. Still not a great picture, due to the uneven contrast and dark shadows. But now much crisper than others available online. An alternative view, without the upper half of the Hall, can also be found in Garth’s Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien<\/em>, page 173.<\/p>\n

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It strikes me that, should the Tolkien Society succeed in getting Sarehole Mill as their HQ, their success might trigger the formation of a new ‘Tolkien Scholarship Collection’ in the city? This could be housed nearby, and where better than at Birmingham University? All the Tolkien scholarship books (500+ and growing by the month) shelved in a one-room reference collection, alongside runs of journals, handily located in the middle of the nation.<\/p>\n

* And finally, talking of the West Midlands, the touring Magic of Middle-earth<\/em> exhibition is to return here. The exhibition opens at Bewdley Museum<\/a> in July 2026. Their free opening-day events sound rather substantial. Viking reenactments and… “warriors [to] bring the spirit of the Northmen to life”, a performance of Beowulf<\/em>, and… “you\u2019ll be welcomed by two towering, friendly tree-giants”, among other attractions. The show runs 4th July – 27th September 2026. The opening event is obviously free, but the exhibition page<\/a> says nothing on the matter of a charge.<\/p>\n

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Tolkien Gleanings #402 * The new Spring 2026 edition of Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature is now freely available online. Including, among many others, articles on…     – Elwing and Earendil and the “Living Light” of Love.     – The Significance of Ioreth, Wise Woman of Gondor. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tolkien-gleanings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19079"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19093,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions\/19093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}