Tolkien's envisioning of Middle Earth (novel, encyclopedia, mythology, fantasy)

[Clarallel]

This is a lovely idea.


Tolkien’s World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien — the artist, the writer, the scholar — is the subject of an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. The show is a comprehensive view of his alternate reality.

If you have ever opened a fantasy novel and found a map, you most likely have J.R.R. Tolkien to thank. He probably deserves some credit, too, for inspiring future fantasy writers to create their own languages. And if you’ve ever completed a book and found that there’s an online encyclopedia dedicated to its world and mythology — that’s also thanks to Tolkien.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/a...nd-museum.html

https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/tolkien

[Rowan123]

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is probably in my top 5 of favorite books. The exhibit looks interesting. If I were at all near it, I would certainly go.

[Urban Peasant]

A lot of Tolkien's world was based on his own personal experiences. The Shire where the hobbits lived was a replica of the idyllic English countryside he spent his childhood in. Mordor was at least based partly on the author's experiences in the trenches of WWI.

[oeccscclhjhn]

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[loves2read]

There is a biographic movie-not documentary- about Tolkien coming out this summer I think—forget the date but saw a limited trailer this past week when went to see “Cold Persuit” again...