Er ist der Schöpfer von Mittelerde und seine Bücher zählen zu den meistgelesenen der Welt, J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973) aber sah sich nie als Schriftsteller. Was macht sein Werk so erfolgreich? Von Marc Bädorf (SWR 2023) | Manuskript und mehr zur Sendung: http://swr.li/tolkien-ringe | Bei Fragen und Anregungen schreibt uns: daswissen@swr.de | Folgt uns au ... Show More
Jan 2022
La magie des œuvres de Tolkien - Entretien avec Vincent Ferré
Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour et bienvenue dans ce nouvel entretien historique avec Vincent Ferré, professeur de littératures comparées à l'université Paris Est Créteil, spécialiste de Proust mais aussi de Tolkien, dont il est traducteur et éditeur depuis plus de vingt ans ... Show More
1h 47m
Sep 2023
WOF 402: The Faith of J.R.R. Tolkien w/ Holly Ordway
J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, is one of the best-selling books ever, selling over 150 million copies. In a 1999 poll of Amazon.com customers, The Lord of the Rings was judged to be their favorite “book of the millennium”. However, few people know that Tolki ... Show More
36m 54s
Dec 2021
JRR Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in 1892. Orphaned before he was a teenager, he fought at the Somme in the First World War before going on to become one of the best-selling authors of all time. Bilbo, Gandalf, Gollum, Frodo, Sauron - these are just a few of the ... Show More
27m 56s
Sep 2023
Religion and Politics in the Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork The Lord of the Rings delighted so many of us as children, yet it and its vast body of accompanying work, such as the Silmarillion, contain a rich depth not well understood by most adults. Tolkien's work reflects his academic interests in the history o ... Show More
1h 2m