Athrabeth

Episode 1: On Fairy Stories


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In this, our first episode, your hosts introduce themselves, and then dive right in as we explore Tolkien’s 1939 lecture “On Fairy Stories”, a fundamental work in Tolkien Studies, but one often overlooked by the wider Tolkien fandom. In it, Tolkien issues a sort of mission statement on why he considers fantasy important.

Where can you read OFS?

The Monsters and the Critics
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories edited by Verlyn Flieger

Show Notes:

Verlyn Flieger’s introduction to On Fairy Stories

Bibliography of Verlyn Flieger

Mythgard Institute

History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff

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AthrabethBy Jude Vais & Stef Midlock

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