Episode 5; or Visualizing the Unvisualizable

In Episode 5, Vasilios digs out the thesis essay he wrote for his Tolkien seminar in college! Can fantasy ever be dramatized properly? What do Peter Jackson's films contribute? What do Tolkien's visual descriptions do for readers? In the Hobbit Hole: death in a different light.

For additional reading:

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - edited by Humphrey Carpenter
http://amzn.to/2tv2fTe

On the Tragedies of Shakespeare” - Charles Lamb
http://www.bartleby.com/27/21.html

On Fairy Stories” - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://amzn.to/2tpWQfR

The Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien
http://amzn.to/2sIT51n

Unfinished Talkes - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://amzn.to/2tHhcPe

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