An Older World
07/01/22 • 60 min
An examination of "Queer Lodgings" from The Hobbit. A look at Gandalf's playbook from the other side, and the historic power - but not malice - of bears. A look at how The Hobbit begins to intentionally imitate Anglo Saxon literature and tradition.
An examination of "Queer Lodgings" from The Hobbit. A look at Gandalf's playbook from the other side, and the historic power - but not malice - of bears. A look at how The Hobbit begins to intentionally imitate Anglo Saxon literature and tradition.
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Deus Ex
Looking at Chapter 6 of The Hobbit, "Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire," we meet wolves (or wargs) and eagles. So we look at the uses of wolves and eagles throughout myth and folklore, and we examine what it means for Bilbo and company to no longer be menaced by mythic, fairy tale creatures, but to be menaced by the wild itself, and saved by the wild itself.
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A Forest Divided
An examination of "Flies and Spiders" from The Hobbit. The historical and archetypal uses of forests, and the evolution of spiders from the role of creators to the role of villains. The progression of Bilbo from afterthought to real hero.
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