The title of the session I wd have been part of is
'Medieval World-Building: Tolkien, His Precursors and Legacies'
The papers making up this session, which wd have been moderated by Kristine Swank, were
• 'Tolkien, Robin Hood, and the Matter of the Greenwood' by Perry Neil Harrison
• 'Tolkien's Golden Trees and Silver Leaves: Do Writers Build the Same World for Every Reader?' by Luke Shelton,
• 'Infinity War of the Ring: Parallels between the Conflict within Sauron and Thanos' by Jeremy Byrum, and
• 'Valinor in America: Faerian Drama and the Disenchantment of Middle-earth' by myself.
I still need to do a lot on my piece, though I'd already written enough to fill my allotted time; when I get done with my current deadline I need to get back to work on this.
--John R.
*that is, not counting the Tolkien Seminar, held each year the Wednesday before the conference officially starts, adjacent to the official event but not part of it.
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The question "Do Writers Build the Same World for Every Reader?" particularly interests me. After reading much study of the problems of translating Tolkien, I once gave a talk on "American as a foreign language to read Tolkien in." But I had more questions than answers.
Dear David
Yes, it's a great topic, and I'm sorry its presentation has been delayed.
My own thoughts on this topic derive from my reading of OFS Note E but I'd love to see Luke's exploration of and working through the subject to see what conclusion he might reach.
--JDR
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