That result dominated the Dallas-based auction house’s entire 610-lot Rare Books Signature sale—and set a new record for the most expensive unsigned Tolkien books ever sold at auction, outdoing the ...

Tolkien called the lines “remote and strange and beautiful,” saying they made something come alive within him. They inspired one of his early poems, published in 1914, when he was only 22 years old.

The writing of J.R.R. Tolkien needs no introduction, but it invites some questions. Why have so many millions loved his books? Why have so few of Tolkien’s imitators achieved even a 20th of his ...

On Nov. 25, 1936, a young Oxford professor delivered a lecture to the British Academy in London about the Old English epic “Beowulf.” Ronald, as the professor’s friends called him, argued that ...

(RNS) — When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.” It’s not the artistic treatment of faith that discourages me.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ending could have been a darker one instead of the hopeful one it originally had. Early drafts indicate that Tolkien once considered killing off one of his most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s no denying that “Stairway to Heaven” has major Hobbit vibes, but Robert Plant’s Led Zeppelin bandmates never realized that ...

The original play is a paean to male friendship, uninterrupted conversation, and, of course, the pub. A 90-minute play about two men talking through their feelings might not sound particularly ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Ron Crews traveled more than 500 miles to see ...

A university in the United Kingdom faced backlash over resurfaced reports about a course described as "decolonizing" the works of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien. The course, reportedly ...

J.R.R. Tolkien has a message for us: Don’t give in to Trump. To many Middle-earth politicos, Sauron’s victory once seemed beyond doubt. When I started rereading The Lord of the Rings, I wasn’t looking ...