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066 - A Slaying Song Tonight: An Interview with Michael Drout
066 - A Slaying Song Tonight: An Interview with Michael Drout
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Length:
88 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Alan and Shawn are delighted to welcome Michael Drout to The Prancing Pony Podcast! As co-founder and co-editor of the journal Tolkien Studies and multiple books on the Professor, Drout is one of the most prolific Tolkien scholars in the field today. We talk to him about his personal discovery of Tolkien, the future of Tolkien studies and fandom, and Beowulf. Plus, we discuss the very highest quality of The Lord of the Rings Online players, and how to write a new Old English poem more well-known than some of the originals.
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
010 - It Is A Gift: In this special spoiler-filled episode, we delve into Tolkien's letters and The History of Middle-earth to examine Tolkien's concept of mortality as "the gift of the One to Men." We discuss the fates of Elves and Men and how they illustrate a central... by The Prancing Pony Podcast