In January (14th) my latest article on Tolkien's work was published by the TLS under the enormously descriptive title 'Underground man: Caves, caverns, abysses and the metaphorical attraction of the subterranean in the work of J.R.R.Tolkien'. This wasn't my original title, and I'm still not sure that describing Tolkien as 'Underground man' does him any favours, but the article provoked a number of letters to the paper, and an enquiry I wished I could have answered more helpfully. I would like to thank all the friends and colleagues, as well as family, who listened to my ideas, read drafts, and offered encouragement.
I hope to have time to work on 2 more articles this year, but next week a new course begins in my series called English in the Afternoons. This is an outreach project of my own devising. The new course is an Introduction to Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.
I hope to have time to work on 2 more articles this year, but next week a new course begins in my series called English in the Afternoons. This is an outreach project of my own devising. The new course is an Introduction to Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.
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