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On various websites with a "Tolkien Timeline" (a selection:[http://tolkien.cro.net/tolkien/tolktmln.html][http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/era3.html][http://mural.uv.es/jojise/narratime.html][http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=54131761][http://brokenwillsandsavinggrace.blogspot.com/2006/06/timeline-of-jrr-tolkien.html]), the date of this lecture is incorrectly given as [[1933]] (or "circa 1933"). It seems to be based on a misreading and ignorant copy-pasting. Only one site cites a source[http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/era3.html], [[William Ready]]'s ''[[The Tolkien Relation]]'', in which it is recorded erronously.<ref>[[William Ready]], ''[[The Tolkien Relation]]'', page 22: ''"He gave the W.P. Ker lecture at Glasgow University in 1933..."''</ref> | On various websites with a "Tolkien Timeline" (a selection:[http://tolkien.cro.net/tolkien/tolktmln.html][http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/era3.html][http://mural.uv.es/jojise/narratime.html][http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=54131761][http://brokenwillsandsavinggrace.blogspot.com/2006/06/timeline-of-jrr-tolkien.html]), the date of this lecture is incorrectly given as [[1933]] (or "circa 1933"). It seems to be based on a misreading and ignorant copy-pasting. Only one site cites a source[http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/era3.html], [[William Ready]]'s ''[[The Tolkien Relation]]'', in which it is recorded erronously.<ref>[[William Ready]], ''[[The Tolkien Relation]]'', page 22: ''"He gave the W.P. Ker lecture at Glasgow University in 1933..."''</ref> | ||
==Publication== | |||
In [[1983]], the lecture was included as the chapter "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" in ''[[The Monsters and the Critics]]'', reprinted several times. | |||
In [[2020]], the lecture was included in the deluxe edition of ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo]]''. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/chair-and-lectureship/?id=141 University of Glasgow] | * [http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/chair-and-lectureship/?id=141 University of Glasgow] | ||
* {{WP|William Paton Ker}} | * {{WP|William Paton Ker}} | ||
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[[Category:Lectures]] | [[Category:Lectures]] | ||
[[Category:Lectures by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | [[Category:Lectures by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:58, 4 May 2020
The W.P. Ker lecture was a yearly lecture at the University of Glasgow. It is now a full lectureship. It was instated in 1938 in honour of William Paton Ker, of whom Tolkien spoke with reverence in The Monsters and the Critics.
On April 15th, 1953, Tolkien was given the honour of providing this lecture. It was a discussion of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the religious themes temptation, adultery and repentance.[1]
On various websites with a "Tolkien Timeline" (a selection:[1][2][3][4][5]), the date of this lecture is incorrectly given as 1933 (or "circa 1933"). It seems to be based on a misreading and ignorant copy-pasting. Only one site cites a source[6], William Ready's The Tolkien Relation, in which it is recorded erronously.[2]
Publication[edit | edit source]
In 1983, the lecture was included as the chapter "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" in The Monsters and the Critics, reprinted several times.
In 2020, the lecture was included in the deluxe edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo.
External links[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 135, note 2
- ↑ William Ready, The Tolkien Relation, page 22: "He gave the W.P. Ker lecture at Glasgow University in 1933..."
