Archive - Personal Canon Formation

David Bowie, from *Space Oddity* to *Blackstar*

Meet the Artist IV

12 hrs ago •

One More Symphony

The conclusion of the RVW Challenge, and what’s next for PCF after Tolkien?

May 15 •

A Guest Post by Tiffany Chu

May 12 •

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There and Back Again, for a While—Tolkien and Mortality

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge bonus, week nine

May 10 •

Tolkien’s Vision of Ecological Catastrophe and Restoration

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge, week nine, and a Vaughan Williams Update

May 8 •

Corruption and Redemption

The nature of evil in Middle-earth

Published on Zuko's Musings • May 5

Tolkienian Fate and Free Will: Mount Doom

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge bonus, week 8

May 3 •

“The Eagles are Coming!”: Despair and Hope in *The Return of the King*

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge, week eight

May 1 •

April 2024

Vaughan Williams Gets Angry, and We Get New Prince Tracks

RVW Listening Challenge and some lagniappe

Apr 28 •

Heroic Language in *The Lord of the Rings*, or Tolkienian Style, part 2

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge bonus, week 7

Apr 26 •

Tolkien's Homosocial Fellowship

*The Lord of the Rings* Reading Challenge, week seven

Apr 24 •

A London Symphony

Vaughan Williams Listening Challenge, and a streaming recommendation

Apr 21 •

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