A series of free seminars to commemorate the death of J. R. R. Tolkien, to be held in 2023/2024 in the University of Oxford. The talks present an introduction and further background to Tolkien’s life, work, and legacy. They have an academic approach, but they are also aimed at those who have read Tolkien’s work but are interested in gaining a bit more insight into his life, career, and writings.

WEEK 5 – May 20 [MERTON COLLEGE]
Will Sherwood (University of Glasgow)
“I am a link in the chain”: Victorian Transformations of British Romanticism and their Influence on Tolkien
CHAIR: Grace Khuri (Oriel)

tolkien50.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-50th-anniversary-seminar-series