{"product_id":"iter-tolkienensis-a-tolkiennymical-road-trip-from-buckland-worcestershire-to-the-ivy-bush-carmarthen-wales-paperback","title":"Iter Tolkienensis: A Tolkiennymical Road Trip from Buckland (Worcestershire) to The Ivy Bush (Carmarthen, Wales) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark T. Hooker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impulse to write \u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e came from a book by Steve Ponty: \u003ci\u003eMiddle-earth in Magic Mirror Maps of Wales ... of the Wilderness in Wales ... of the Shire in England\u003c\/i\u003e (Matador, 2014). The insight of Ponty's book is that the maps in \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e are the mirror images of the maps of Wales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ponty's insight prompted me to return to a question that I had raised in my article \"The Linguistic Landscape of Tolkien's Shire\" in \u003ci\u003eA Tolkienian Mathomium\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), where I equated the real-world Bredon with Bree Hill of Middle-earth due to both a correlation of meaning and of location. \"The suggestion is intriguing,\" I noted, \"and certainly begs to be followed up on, but that is another story.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e is the story that I should have told, but didn't after my article. It starts in Buckland (near Evesham), proceeds west (Middle-earth east) to Bredon Hill, and then follows the road into Wales that is known in its latest incarnation as the M50 and the A40. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The name \u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e is an echo of the book title \u003ci\u003eIter Britanniarum\u003c\/i\u003e, an extract of the Roman Roads of Britain from the \u003ci\u003eAntonine Itinerary\u003c\/i\u003e, a famous \u003ci\u003eitinerarium\u003c\/i\u003e, or list of the Roman stations and the distances between them along the various roads of the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Though the selection of the route is admittedly arbitrary, it nevertheless offers a good assortment of real-world place names that can profitably be viewed through a Tolkienian lens, which is a linguistic perspective that begins with a name or a word, and then looks for its story in the real world with which Tolkien was familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e will, therefore, look at the meanings and stories of the place names that the route passes along the way, place names that might be translations or corruptions of those on a map of Middle-earth. \u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e passes places that could be Minhiriath, and the family estates of the Gamgee-s and Boffin-s; the Black Country, a rope-walk, and a lookout post; Rivendell, Esgaroth, and Eryn Vorn; before reaching The Carrock, Dol Guldur, and the Ivy Bush; to name but a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also from this author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTolkien Through Russian Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e (Walking Tree Publishers, 2003), published simultaneously in Russian\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Frodo's Batman,\" \u003ci\u003eTolkien Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, No. 1 (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Hobbitonian Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2009)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Reading John Buchan in Search of Tolkien,\" \u003ci\u003eTolkien and the Study of His Sources\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason Fisher (ed.). (McFarland, 2011)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTolkien and Welsh\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2012)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Tolkienaeum\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2014)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIter Tolkienensis\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2016)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTolkien and Sanskrit\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2016)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAn American Forger in Wales\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2017)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Tolkiennymicon\u003c\/i\u003e (Llyfrawr, 2018)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416178671794,"sku":"9781523317400","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/54965a48cfee06f5563a9ee4ce642038.webp?v=1778399565","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/iter-tolkienensis-a-tolkiennymical-road-trip-from-buckland-worcestershire-to-the-ivy-bush-carmarthen-wales-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}