by Kevin Bauder | Jul 31, 2017 | J. R. R. Tolkien, Music, Poetry
All twenty-something verses of “Far Over Misty Mountains Cold,” sung to Howard Shore’s music by Clamavi De Profundis. Hat tip to middlingpoet.
by Brett Williams | Apr 27, 2017 | C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Apparently, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien weren’t too keen on Disney’s understanding and portrayal of fantasy. Dwarfs ought to be ugly of course, but not in that way. And the dwarfs’ jazz party was pretty bad. I suppose it never occurred to the poor boob...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 12, 2017 | Art and Literature, J. R. R. Tolkien, Library Tips
Joseph Pearce offers his picks of the best books on J. R. R. Tolkien at The Imaginative Conservative.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 9, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, J. R. R. Tolkien, T. S. Eliot
“Don’t lecture, inspire.” So says John Stonestreet in “Tolkien, Eliot, and the Power of Story.” Christian musician and novelist Andrew Peterson says, “If you want someone to hear the truth, you should tell them the truth. But if you want...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 5, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing, Dispensationalism, J. R. R. Tolkien
Over at the Acton Institute Power Blog, Joe Carter lists “14 can’t-miss predictions for 2017.” A couple of my favorites will give you the flavor of the whole list. • Iraq will officially change the country’s name back to ‘Babylon’ in a successful...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 6, 2016 | Art and Literature, Bauder's Reading, J. R. R. Tolkien, Library
J. R. R. Tolkien’s Children of Hurin for Kindle is under two bucks at Amazon. I thought you’d want to know.
