[New post] How Tolkien’s novels were inspired by Medieval poems of ‘northern bravery’

The Conversation posted: " In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an "enormous pile of examination papers", J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, "in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". This became the first line" EastMojo How Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery' The Conversation Sep 2 In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an "enormous pile of examination papers", J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, "in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". This became the first line of The Hobbit (1937). From this doodle Tolkien went on […] Read more of this post Comment Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from EastMojo. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://www.eastmojo.com/recent-top-news/2023/09/02/how-tolkiens-novels-were-inspired-by-medieval-poems-of-northern-bravery/

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