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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)GothicElizabeth Solopova, Lecturer in English Literature, Christ Church, Oxford. Tolkien wrote that he was 'fascinated' with the 'beautiful' Gothic language that he started to study at school, and his literary works attest to this interest. The talk explores the influence of the history of the Goths and Gothic written tradition on Tolkien as a writer and scholar. This is the third talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and gothic.
This series, convened by Dr Stuart Lee, presents five Oxford academics who examine the medieval languages that J.R.R. Tolkien...2018-10-3139 min
Tolkien at OxfordTalking Tolkien: The influences of Medieval Literature on the Fiction of J. R. R. TolkienStuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova discuss the influences of medieval literature on the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien.2010-03-2534 minTolkien at OxfordTolkien and Languages: Ancient and InventedInterview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval language on Tolkien's fiction.2008-12-0127 min
Medieval EnglishBeowulf reading, ll. 26-52Reading from Beowulf ll. 26-52 by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007. Old English Reading II: Beowulf, ll. 26-52. Read by Stuart D. Lee. Extract taken from 'The Keys of Middle-earth: discovering medieval literature through the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien' by Stuart D. Lee and Elizabeth Solopova (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005).2007-03-2908 minMedieval EnglishAnglo-Saxon Chronicle readingReading from an entry in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007. Old English Reading I: 'Cynewulf and Cyneheard' in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Read by Stuart D. Lee. Extract taken from 'The Keys of Middle-earth: discovering medieval literature through the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien' by Stuart D. Lee and Elizabeth Solopova (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005).2007-03-2811 min