About this episode

The episode explores the origins of the Ents as described in Tolkien's Letter 247.

Join The Man of the West for the back half of Letter 247, as we learn where the Ents came from: both on the page and from Tolkien’s own pen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Man of the West

Topics covered

• Tolkien
• Ents
• Letter analysis
• Literary origins
• Fantasy literature

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Ents
• Letter 247
• fantasy
• literature
• trees
• Middle-earth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Letter 247, Ents

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