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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Utopian Intersections in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Hello all,
I thought I might follow up on some posts I made a while ago about completing my PhD thesis. I received my Doctorate at the end of September this year. I know some Downers were interested to read it, and it is online, but in a way only accessible to students and staff of the University of Sydney, at http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15299 If anyone's still interested in reading it, I'd potentially be willing to share it via private message or similar, but understandably I'm a wee bit leery of distributing it too freely, so I'm considering my options. In any event, here's the Abstract: Quote:
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Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations. It does look interesting - especially since I am a great admirer of Orwell, and I hope you find a rewarding way to make it more widely available.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Thanks all. It was a nice experience to be able to get a qualification while writing about something I really enjoy discussing.
Given that I hold the copyright on it, I'm probably at liberty to privately share it, but I'm just going to do a bit of background research to make sure. Don't want to put any future publication opportunities at risk, obviously.
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That's great! I am very happy for you. Congratulations, and thanks for thinking of us - I hope you'll be able to share it with us, I am sure many of us would be interested!
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AintsaY General Axiom # 240.3c applies here, I think: If it's Tolkien-related and written by Zigūr I want to read it.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Congratulations on finishing with your Ph.D., Zigūr! I'd be interested in reading it, particularly in terms of connections of Tolkien's works with those utopian ones of Edward Bellamy, who was very influential in his time. I first read Looking Backward in 1987, on the centenary of its first publication, and was amused by its reference to something called the 'credit card'.
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I'm still just double checking everything about distribution but I should be able to send it to those who have expressed interest in it forthwith. As I say, just send me a private message if you want to read it. Thanks again all for the kind words.
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And is "A Fountain of Mirth" a part of the dissertation? I quite liked that.
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Actually my paper in the new publication is largely unrelated to the thesis. I had something of a habit, for better or worse, of composing Tolkien-related things in parallel to my thesis for conferences (and this publication) rather than using parts of my existing project. I think it was so that I could have a break. In any event I apologise for not sending this through to anyone who has requested it yet, I've had things on my mind and am still looking into publication options.
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