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Episode 53: Interview with Dr. Sarah Schaefer and Dr. William Fliss, co-curators of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript

Thanks to our guests, Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer and Dr. William M. Fliss, the co-curator’s of “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. 

Exhibition dates: August 19 – December 23, 2022

Exhibition website: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/tolkien.php

Dr. Sarah C. Schaefer

Assistant Professor, Modern Art, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Find Sarah on Twitter: @sarahcschaefer

Website: https://www.sarahcschaefer.com/

Check out her book!: “Gustave Doré and the Modern Biblical Imagination” published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gustave-dor-and-the-modern-biblical-imagination-9780190075811?cc=us&lang=en&

Dr. William M. Fliss

Archivist, Special Collections and University Archives, Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University, Milwaukee 

Curator of the J. R. R. Tolkien collection at Marquette’s Raynor Memorial Library: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/tolkien.php  

Connect with Bill on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TolkienMarquette

Check out The J.R.R. Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection and schedule your interview with Bill!: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/JRRT/fandomoh.php

Exhibition catalog: 

“J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript” 

https://shophaggerty.com/product/j-r-r-tolkien-the-art-of-the-manuscript-catalog-softcover-second-edition/

Episode 52: Orc Daddy

Citations

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth’s Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales

https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Race-Cultural-History-Fairies/dp/0230272843

Hobbitween 2022

Show Notes

The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/

Cast

Lore Master: James Pierson, @jpierson

Theo Fleetfoot: Max Jiménez

Ozzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms 

Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjude

Pumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfour

Title music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5

Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.com

Additional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  

Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

Episode 51: Which King? THE WITCH-KING

Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Treason of Isendgard. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 7. HarperCollins, London, 1989.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The War of the Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 8. HarperCollins, London, 1990.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 09. HarperCollins, London, 1992.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 12. HarperCollins, London, 1996.

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition 2012

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. 

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. Appendix A, B

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Angmar” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Angmar (Accessed 9/11/22)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Witch-king” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Witch-king (Accessed 9/11/22)

Episode 50: Art or Cash

Citations

Books:

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London. 1988. pp 3-81.

Websites:

Alex. Everything is Connected and Everything is Fanfiction: The Cauldron of Story Theory. The Aficionado website, February 23, 2017.

https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/everything-is-connected-and-everything-is-fanfiction-the-cauldron-of-story-theory (Accessed 8/21/22)

Jones, Josh. J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work. Open Culture website, May 2, 2018. https://www.openculture.com/2018/05/j-r-r-tolkien-expressed-a-heartfelt-loathing-for-walt-disney.html (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letters not published in “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien” 

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letters_not_published_in_%22The_Letters_of_J.R.R._Tolkien%22 (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letter to Miss L.J. Curry”

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_to_Miss_J.L._Curry (Accessed 8/21/2022)

Episode 49: Oath No You Didn’t!

Citations

Reis, Jacob Robert. Oath Formulas in the Poetic Edda. Master of Arts thesis for The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Germanic Studies. May 2017.

URL: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/62667 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Spurr, John. A Profane History of Early Modern Oaths. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 11 (2001): 37–63. Published online by Cambridge University Press.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440101000032 (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Children of Húrin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition.  (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 23, 2022)

Editing and production by James Pierson

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