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The Mismeasure of Orcs (w/ Robert Tally)

The Mismeasure of Orcs (w/ Robert Tally)

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 In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Robert Tally about his new book The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures, out now from McFarland Books.Robert Tally is a Professor of English at Texas State University. He's written extensively about Tolkien and Marxist literary criticism.More Rob:Representing Middle-earth: Tolkien, Form, and IdeologyJRR Tolkien's The Hobbit: A Critical CompanionLet Us Now Praise Famous Orcs: Simple Humanity in Tolkien's Inhuman CreaturesDemonizing The Enemy, Literally: Tolkien, Orcs, and the Sense of the World WarsThe Southern Phoenix Triumphant: Richard Weaver, or, the Origins of Contemporary U.S. ConservatismAlso mentioned:Bould/Mieville (ed.) - Red Planets: Marxism and Science FictionCroft et. al (ed.) - Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom ShippeyFonstad - Atlas of Middle-EarthJameson - Archaeologies of the FutureJameson - Fables of AggressionJameson - The Political UnconsciousLukas - The Historical NovelMills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish ManifestoMohler (Existential Comics) - The Council of ElrondSofge - Orc HolocaustStuart - Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-EarthLeave us a review! Send us an email at entmootpod@gmail.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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