Episode 18: Father Christmas Letters Part 2: Growing Up
Episode Summary
In this second part of our Father Christmas Letters series, we look at how Tolkien slipped his languages into his Letters, and how the grim events of the real world were portrayed in them.
Citations
Tolkien, J.R.R., Letters from Father Christmas, edited by Baillie Tolkien, “eISBN 978-0-547-95190-4 v2.1216” (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).
Fimi, Dimitra, “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole” December 21, 2017, from the website called “The Conversation”- http://theconversation.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-christmas-letters-to-his-children-bring-echoes-of-middle-earth-to-the-north-pole-89464 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)
Swank, Kris (2013) "The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 32 : No. 1 , Article 9.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol32/iss1/9 (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)Carpenter, Humphrey “The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien” published by Allen & Unwin, London. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)
Tolkien Gateway website, entry for “Arktik” http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Arktik (Accessed Nov 25, 2019).
Ratecliff, John D., The History of the Hobbit, Harper Collins Publishers, EPub Edition © OCTOBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007369669. (Accessed Nov 25, 2019)
Lord of the Rhymes on You Tube: https://youtu.be/2f86R_Z0_xI
The background song is “Sonata Romantique G Maj” written by: Stephen Keech, performed by: Wild Wonder.
Episode URL
https://athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-18-father-christmas-letters-part-2-growing-up