"He was known to begin classes by barging into the lecture hall, sometimes in era-appropriate chain mail armor, and bellowing the opening lines of Beowulf at the top of his lungs. As one of his students put it, “He could turn a lecture room into a mead hall.” "
2nd February 12
10 Things you should know about Tolkien
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Dear professors.
This is how you teach literature.
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