I'll give you a breather between readings this weekend, but be sure you have our next book, The Word Exchange, since we'll be reading several Anglo Saxon poems that contributed to Tolkien's Middle Earth. Bring the book to class, since we'll be reading/examining some of them as a class to get started. If you want to read ahead, be sure to look at the poems: "The Ruin" (p.299) and "Wulf and Eadwacer" (p.51).
Also, as I mentioned in class, I published an article about Tolkien and fantasy literature in Oklahoma Humanities recently which gave me many of the ideas for teaching this class. Since I mostly talk about The Hobbit, it might be interesting for you to read, since it will help signpost some of the topics/ideas we'll explore throughout the course. If you're interested, you can download the issue for free here (there are other great essays in the same volume, all connected by the theme "Home"): https://www.okhumanities.org/news/spring-summer-2020-home
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