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Papers by Grace Khuri
Studies in Medievalism, 2022
The Norse-Germanic branch of medievalism in Britain during the First World War has been strangely... more The Norse-Germanic branch of medievalism in Britain during the First World War has been strangely neglected in both literary-cultural and historical scholarship. 1 Several studies have addressed that period's rampant "military medievalism," considering the conscription of the Arthurian Middle Ages, crusade motifs, and medieval historical figures such as Joan of Arc and Henry V to "do their bit" in the war effort. 2 Ulrich Müller's observation that "The Middle Ages and Medievalism have much to do with modern ideologies" in the Second World War is equally applicable to the First World War. 3 Between 1914 and 1918, Britain and Germany diversely engaged with the strand of military medievalism that borrowed and assembled ideological permutations from Norse mythology (and its German 1 There are no dedicated articles or monographs on this ubiquitous motif in Great War-era Britain; those addressing related topics provide only very brief mentions. See Gregory Moore, "The Super-Hun and the Super-State: Allied Propaganda and German Philosophy during the First World War,"
Book Reviews by Grace Khuri
Tolkien Studies, Vol. 20, 2023
Oxford Research in English, Iss. 15, 2023
Talks by Grace Khuri
Tolkien 50th Anniversary Seminar, Exeter College, Oxford, 2023
A consideration of the more or less transparent influences of Old English dithematic personal nam... more A consideration of the more or less transparent influences of Old English dithematic personal names with the prefix Ælf- ('Elf') on Tolkien's developing mythology in the 1910s, The Book of Lost Tales. Argues that the mythic-heroic qualities of such dithematic names may have inspired the martial Elves of The Book of Lost Tales (and the much later Silmarillion).
Conference Presentations by Grace Khuri
Medievalism and the North, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2021
Presentation on the appearances of Norse myth in First World War poetry
G. B. Smith and J.R.R. Tolkien: A Meaningful Friendship, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 2023
Tolkien's Worlds and Words Conference, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 2023
A brief consideration of the possible influences of Rudyard Kipling's fantastical children's book... more A brief consideration of the possible influences of Rudyard Kipling's fantastical children's book Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) on J.R. R. Tolkien's Book of Lost Tales (c. 1917-1919).
Book Chapters by Grace Khuri
J.R.R. Tolkien and G.B. Smith: A Special Relationship (Palgrave), 2025
Studies in Medievalism, 2022
The Norse-Germanic branch of medievalism in Britain during the First World War has been strangely... more The Norse-Germanic branch of medievalism in Britain during the First World War has been strangely neglected in both literary-cultural and historical scholarship. 1 Several studies have addressed that period's rampant "military medievalism," considering the conscription of the Arthurian Middle Ages, crusade motifs, and medieval historical figures such as Joan of Arc and Henry V to "do their bit" in the war effort. 2 Ulrich Müller's observation that "The Middle Ages and Medievalism have much to do with modern ideologies" in the Second World War is equally applicable to the First World War. 3 Between 1914 and 1918, Britain and Germany diversely engaged with the strand of military medievalism that borrowed and assembled ideological permutations from Norse mythology (and its German 1 There are no dedicated articles or monographs on this ubiquitous motif in Great War-era Britain; those addressing related topics provide only very brief mentions. See Gregory Moore, "The Super-Hun and the Super-State: Allied Propaganda and German Philosophy during the First World War,"
Tolkien Studies, Vol. 20, 2023
Oxford Research in English, Iss. 15, 2023
Tolkien 50th Anniversary Seminar, Exeter College, Oxford, 2023
A consideration of the more or less transparent influences of Old English dithematic personal nam... more A consideration of the more or less transparent influences of Old English dithematic personal names with the prefix Ælf- ('Elf') on Tolkien's developing mythology in the 1910s, The Book of Lost Tales. Argues that the mythic-heroic qualities of such dithematic names may have inspired the martial Elves of The Book of Lost Tales (and the much later Silmarillion).
Medievalism and the North, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2021
Presentation on the appearances of Norse myth in First World War poetry
G. B. Smith and J.R.R. Tolkien: A Meaningful Friendship, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 2023
Tolkien's Worlds and Words Conference, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 2023
A brief consideration of the possible influences of Rudyard Kipling's fantastical children's book... more A brief consideration of the possible influences of Rudyard Kipling's fantastical children's book Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) on J.R. R. Tolkien's Book of Lost Tales (c. 1917-1919).
J.R.R. Tolkien and G.B. Smith: A Special Relationship (Palgrave), 2025