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1. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › tolkienFact-Checking Tolkien: Movie vs. the True Story of J.R.R. Tolkien

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   May 8, 2019 · Edith passed away in 1971 after being married to Tolkien for more than 50 years. According to Tolkien's grandson Simon, he sometimes seemed sad and expressed how much he missed her. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, just 21 months after Edith.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Death_and_immortality_inDeath and immortality in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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   J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly dealt with the theme of death and immortality in Middle-earth. He stated directly that the "real theme" of The Lord of the Rings was "Death and Immortality." [T 1] In Middle-earth, Men are mortal, while Elves are immortal.

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   Jul 7, 2024 · Death and Immortality in Middle-earth is a collection of the proceedings of the 29th Tolkien Society Seminar held in Leeds in 2016. The book was published by The Tolkien Society in 2017 under the auspices of the Peter Roe Memorial Fund. Contents. Introduction by Daniel Helen "Tolkien and the Somme" by Matthew B. Rose

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5. www.reddit.com › r › booksIt has been 46 years since J.R.R. Tolkien died...here is a ...

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   I first read The Hobbit in 1964. I then read it every year after that for about ten years along with TLoR. J. R. R. Tolkien died the day I left to attend college. If there is one writer I can point to as having had a major impact on my life, it is him. I still dip back into his books periodically.

6. www.britannica.com › biography › J-R-R-TolkienJ.R.R. Tolkien | Biography, Books, Movies, Middle-earth ...

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   Sep 27, 2024 · J.R.R. Tolkien (born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa—died September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).

7. www.bbc.com › culture › article'Human stories are always about one thing – death': Why the ...

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   Jul 29, 2024 · "Stories – frankly, human stories are always about one thing – death. The inevitability of death," The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien told a BBC documentary in 1968, as he tried to...

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   What did Tolkien say about death?

   • describing ceremonies which worked. They contained opportunity for the anger of grief, for recall and celebration of the deeds of the dead, for expression of hope in the future of the dead and the living. In Tolkien's writing, as in his life, death is the greatest eucatastrophe.

   Death and funerary practices in Middle-earth - The Tolkien Society

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   How did the spectre of death affect Tolkien's life?

   • The spectre of death had loomed large over Tolkien's early life and those experiences had profoundly shaped the way he saw the world, influencing the themes that he would repeatedly revisit when writing his tales of Middle-earth.

   'Human stories are always about one thing – death': Why the ... - BBC

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   Does Tolkien have a theme of death and immortality?

   • Despite the lucidity of this statement, the theme of death and immortality has been left relatively unexplored in Tolkien studies. In recognition of this, and to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, The Tolkien Society called for presentations on this important topic for its seminar in Leeds on 2 July 2016.

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   What is Tolkien's death journey?

   • As readers of Tolkien you will perhaps recall the two types of journey for which he is famed. The first is the hero-quest, as exemplified by Bilbo Baggins in the The Hobbit, and second is the allegorical death journey, most explicitly taken by Niggle in Leaf by Niggle. Death is one of a handful of life experiences which are irrevocable changes.

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   Did JRR Tolkien tell a BBC documentary about 'Lord of the Rings'?

   • The inevitability of death," The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien told a BBC documentary in 1968, as he tried to explain what his fantasy magnum opus was really about. The novel, the first volume of which was published 70 years ago this week, has enthralled readers ever since it hit the shelves in 1954.

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   Why does Tolkien bracket Death & Immortality?

   • By bracketing Death and Immortality, Tolkien removes all sense that the 'escape' is fortunate or to be desired. In an earlier letter he had described 'escape' as wicked because 'unnatural' and silly because Death in that sense is the Gift of God (envied by Elves), release from the weariness of time (Letters No156 note, page 205).

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   The real escape from death is through death to eternal life. In On Fairy Stories (p.69) Tolkien wrote, in the same paragraph that he wrote of the Great Escape, the Escape from Death, of Eucatastrophe, the opposite of Tragedy, the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Death in the