Shire Reckoning

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This week, the paradoxical comforts of the Shire. How did it come into being, and how did the hobbits settle there? How does if embody and reject the vision of a nostalgic, nationalist England? And how long is the High Hay anyway?

Show Notes

  • The Pyrates (George MacDonald Fraser)
  • The Return of the Shadow (The History of Middle-earth)
  • Shire Reckoning
  • "The Gods Return to Earth: C.S. Lewis’ Review of The Fellowship of the Ring"
  • "Tolkien Tuesday: Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth"
  • “The Lady’s Gift! The Star-glass! A Light to You in Dark Places, She Said it Was To Be.”
  • The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set

Shire Reckoning is a Next Word production. For bonus episodes and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/NextWord.

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Music by Corvus from Pixabay

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