This week, we get into the weeds as we attempt something ambitious, only to spend the whole episode in and around Nan Elmoth with the story of Maeglin in Chapter XVI of the Quenta Silmarillion. Why is the suppression of language so important? How does Tolkien’s essentialism change the way we understand this book? How much dramatic irony are we supposed to detect in the wisdom of our heroes?
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Next week, we continue our journey with everything to the end of Chapters XVI and XVII of the Quenta Silmarillion, live on YouTube on Wednesday, April 17th at 8PM Central.
Footnotes:
- The Silmarillion
- Stars And Swords on YouTube
- The Silmarillion Unit Production Schedule
- Stars And Swords on Bookshop.org
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