This week, we see the fall of Fingolfin and a new war in Beleriand in Chapter XVIII of the Quenta Silmarillion in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. How do we understand Tolkien’s perspective on race? How much direct intervention can we credit to Manwë? What is Maeglin’s problem with Men?
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Next week, we discuss the most important story in Tolkien’s legendarium, Beren and Lúthien in chapter XIX of the Quenta Silmarillion, live on YouTube on Thursday, May 1st at 9PM Central.
Footnotes:
- The Silmarillion
- Stars And Swords on YouTube
- The Silmarillion Unit Production Schedule
- Stars And Swords on Bookshop.org
- Dr. Dimitra Fimi
- Joseph Fink (@planetoffinks.bsky.social)
- J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment (Michael D.C. Drout)
- Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast
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