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J.R.R. Tolkien Links

Browse these links to articles and interviews for more information on J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.

Articles

“A Catholic Poem in Time of War: The Lord of the Rings” by Ken Craven

“Why Tolkien Says The Lord of the Rings is Catholic” by Joseph Pearce

“ The Lord & Lady of the Rings: The Hidden Presence of Tolkien's Catholicism in The Lord of the Rings” by Stratford Caldecott

“Tolkien's Catholic Imagination” by Jason Boffetti

“J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth” by Joseph Pearce

“Music in Middle-Earth” by Gene Hargrove

“Meeting Professor Tolkien” by Clyde S. Kilby

“Gazing upon Everlasting Day: Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: A Christian Classic Revisited” by Ralph C. Wood

“Frodo and Grace” by C. Baillie

“A Philologist on Esperanto” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“‘Both rings were round, and there the resemblance ceases': Tolkien, Wagner,

Nationalism, and Modernity” by Bradley J. Birzer

“The Problem of Eowyn: A Look at Ethics and Values in Middle-earth” by Dawn Catanach

Interviews

“In Middle Earth” interview with Thomas Howard

“J.R.R. Tolkien's Take on the Truth” interview with Joseph Pearce

Web Sites

A comprehensive study of Tolkien's languages, especially Quenya and Sindarin

The Tolkien Society

Other

Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien reading a poem in Quenya

Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien reading part of the Two Towers

Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien reading various excerpts from the Lord of the Rings       

Poem by J.R.R. Tolkien: “Mythopoeia”

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