Archive - Personal Canon Formation

Tolkien and Race

Yes, we have to talk about orcs

Jun 16 • John Halbrooks

Tolkien's Ents: Ecology Meets Philology

Jun 11 • John Halbrooks

Tolkienian Deep Time II: The Mountain, the Abyss, and the Hythe

Or, to Hell and back

Jun 5 • John Halbrooks

May 2026

Tolkienian Deep Time: Elves and Lothlórien

Or, contemplating old trees

May 31 • John Halbrooks

Could "The Council of Elrond" Have Been an Email?

Short answer: No, they didn't have email. From the archive

May 21 • John Halbrooks

Tolkienian Ecology as Living Text

From the archive

May 14 • John Halbrooks

Who the Hell Is Tom Bombadil?

Or, what's in a name? From the archive

May 6 • John Halbrooks

April 2026

Tolkienian Style

From the archive

Apr 29 • John Halbrooks

The Dragon, the Treasure, and Radical Empathy

Some conclusions from reading *Beowulf*

Apr 22 • John Halbrooks

Revenant Resoluteness

Beowulf and Fate

Apr 8 • John Halbrooks

Winter Is Coming

Beowulf and Grendel's Mother

Apr 3 • John Halbrooks

March 2026

Mære Mearcstapa

More on Beowulf

Mar 25 • John Halbrooks

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