I am now back from Leeds, after an excellent Tolkien Society Seminar, and an outstanding series of papers and a roundtable discussion on Tolkien at the International Medieval Congress 2018. Here’s a quick overview of all papers presented at the IMC,…
New journal article: J.R.R. Tolkien and early 20th-century radical linguistic experimentation
Last month I had a new journal article published in the Open Access Journal of Tolkien Research: Fimi, D. (2018) ‘Language as Communication vs. Language as Art: J.R.R. Tolkien and Early 20th-Century Radical Linguistic Experimentation’, Journal of Tolkien Research, 5(1), pp.…
Article on Invented Languages on the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Online
I have had a new article published today on the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Online, titled: “Inventing a Whole Language”. In this article I discuss imaginary languages, from early modern traveller’s tales and Victorian fantasy, to Tolkien, of course, as well…
Tolkien Sessions at IMC Leeds, July 2017
*Update – June 2017 I am very pleased to announce that all four sessions on J.R.R. Tolkien I proposed for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds 2017 have been accepted! This will be the third consecutive year of papers on…
Tolkien’s A Secret Vice: first reviews
Since the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (ed. Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins), many readers have been sharing stories about the book, first reviews, as well as pictures of their own copy. Here is a selection!
Researching Tolkien’s ‘Secret Vice’
During the last few months I have been buried in my cave… er… office to finish the OTHER book, and I have gone through a pretty traumatic family emergency (all OK now!). Adding to this mix the mad marking load…