Tolkien and Medieval Literature

Tolkien at Oxford by Oxford University

Mar 21, 201146:08Education

These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature influenced his fiction, and consider the wider scheme Tolkien worked on linking his mythology to historical and other mythical...

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