Tolkien & Old Norse: Neo-Norse Origins of Fantasy




Tolkien & Old Norse show

Summary: Episode 4 of the 2012 series on J.R.R. Tolkien and the Old Norse influences on his work, discussing the important 19th century translations of the Old Icelandic sagas into English, and the birth of the fantasy fiction genre resulting in part from these Norse literary influences. Please find more about this podcast at www.aldasaga.com