J.R.R. Tolkien on Faërie and Faërie-Stories

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Published: Dec 12, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47743/lincu-2019-2-0147
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J.R.R. Tolkien Faërie Faërie-stories Eucatastrophe subcreation

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Paul E. Michelson
Huntington University, U.S.A.

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The paper sums up J.R.R. Tolkien’s ideas related to Faërie and Faërie-stories as elaborated in his influential lecture and essay “On Fairy-stories.”

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Michelson, P. E. “J.R.R. Tolkien on Faërie and Faërie-Stories”. Linguaculture, vol. 10, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 81-100, doi:10.47743/lincu-2019-2-0147.
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Paul E. Michelson, Huntington University, U.S.A.

Paul E. Michelson is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Huntington University, where he began teaching in 1974. He has been three times a Fulbright fellow in Romania (1971-1973, 1982-1983, 1989-1990). His book, Romanian Politics, 1859-1871: From Prince Cuza to Prince Carol (1998) was awarded the 2000 Bălcescu Prize for History by the Romanian Academy. His areas of interest and expertise include historiography, Romanian history in the 19th-21st centuries, Totalitarian and post-Totalitarian societies, the History of Venice, and the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of six books and over 150 articles. He is past President and Secretary of the Society for Romanian Studies and served as the Secretary of the Conference on Faith and History. Email:

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