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'Romancing the Medieval' Unit
Level 3 undergraduate unit ‘Romancing the Medieval’ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive medieval…
Tags: Alfred Tennyson, Edmund Spenser, fairy tales, fantasy, fiction, film, hobbit, hobbits, literature, Melbourne, Peter Jackson, poetry, pop culture, popular culture, Stephanie Trigg, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, universities, university, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Gandalf at the Perth Medieval Fayre
A member of the public dressed as the iconic wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings at the Perth Medieval Fayre. Like the Merlin figure in Arthurian legend, the character of Gandalf is a sage. He harbours power through wisdom and…
Tags: Arthur, Arthurian, Arthurian legend, costume, fantasy fiction, Gandalf, J. R. R. Tolkien, legend, Lord of the Rings, medievalism, Merlin, myth, mythology, Norse, Norse mythology, Perth, Perth Medieval Fayre, Peter Jackson, popular culture, power, re-creation, recreation, sage, Sir Ian McKellen, Tolkien, Western Australia, wisdom, wizard, wizardry, wizards