Alan and Shawn welcome Dr. Dimitra Fimi and Dr. Andrew Higgins as the first guests to The Prancing Pony Podcast! They are the editors of the new critical edition of Tolkien’s A Secret Vice. We turn the word-nerdery up to 11 to talk about Tolkien’s approach to language invention and the lasting impact his work had on the Middle-earth legendarium and the fantasy genre itself. Our inner geeks get the vicarious thrill of handling manuscripts written in the Professor’s own hand.
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Greetings, my friends! Wonderful as always, this was very interesting and brought to me even more interest on Filology, wonderful science. Thank you so much Shawn and Alan. 🙂
We really enjoyed doing this episode. Drs. Fimi and Higgins were a treat to talk to, and they make it all seem so easy to understand!
Thanks for your fantastic post.