Jonathan Y H Hui
Biographic Data
| ID | 5433882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Y H Hui |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan Y H |
| FAMILY NAME | Hui |
| SIGNATURE | HUI J Y H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7103-414X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two Norse Literary Analogues of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Beacons of Gondor
One of the methods of wartime communication in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (1954–5) is a semaphoric beacon system through which the Kingdom of Gondor provides warning of its imminent i
A Serendipitous Comparison? Jin Yong and J. R. R. Tolkien
In recent years, the legendary Hong Kong author Jin Yong has been referred to in Anglophone media as ‘China's Tolkien’, but the basis for that comparison has been disregarded by Sinologists for valid reasons. However, the very establishment of the comparison, even on questionable grounds, may be a stroke of serendipity. This essay probes the Tolkien-Jin Yong comparison from a literary perspective, arguing that the comparison is often made on the …
Bad Beef and Mad Cow Disease in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs
The fourteenth-century fornaldarsaga Bósa saga ok Herrauðs is unique in the corpus of medieval Icelandic saga literature on account of several outrageously flamboyant elements. Studies have been devoted to the saga’s use of runes ([Thompson 1978][1]), its colorful curses ([Lozzi Gallo 2004][2
Cinderella in Old Norse Literature
Although ATU 510A, ‘Cinderella’, is known to have ancient origins, it was widely thought that the ash-name did not become a feature of the tale type until Giambattista Basile’s ‘La Gatta cenerentola’ (The Ashy Cat) in the seventeenth century. However, it is preceded in this regard by a little-known fourteenth-century Icelandic romance, Vilmundar saga viðutan (The Saga of Vilmundr the Outsider). Using this saga as a starting point, this article tr…
Bad Beef and Mad Cow Disease in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs
The fourteenth-century fornaldarsaga Bósa saga ok Herrauðs is unique in the corpus of medieval Icelandic saga literature on account of several outrageously flamboyant elements. Studies have been devoted to the saga’s use of runes ([Thompson 1978][1]), its colorful curses ([Lozzi Gallo 2004][2
Cinderella in Old Norse Literature
Although ATU 510A, ‘Cinderella’, is known to have ancient origins, it was widely thought that the ash-name did not become a feature of the tale type until Giambattista Basile’s ‘La Gatta cenerentola’ (The Ashy Cat) in the seventeenth century. However, it is preceded in this regard by a little-known fourteenth-century Icelandic romance, Vilmundar saga viðutan (The Saga of Vilmundr the Outsider). Using this saga as a starting point, this article tr…
Bad Beef and Mad Cow Disease in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs
The fourteenth-century fornaldarsaga Bósa saga ok Herrauðs is unique in the corpus of medieval Icelandic saga literature on account of several outrageously flamboyant elements. Studies have been devoted to the saga’s use of runes ([Thompson 1978][1]), its colorful curses ([Lozzi Gallo 2004][2
Cinderella in Old Norse Literature
Although ATU 510A, ‘Cinderella’, is known to have ancient origins, it was widely thought that the ash-name did not become a feature of the tale type until Giambattista Basile’s ‘La Gatta cenerentola’ (The Ashy Cat) in the seventeenth century. However, it is preceded in this regard by a little-known fourteenth-century Icelandic romance, Vilmundar saga viðutan (The Saga of Vilmundr the Outsider). Using this saga as a starting point, this article tr…
A Serendipitous Comparison? Jin Yong and J. R. R. Tolkien
In recent years, the legendary Hong Kong author Jin Yong has been referred to in Anglophone media as ‘China's Tolkien’, but the basis for that comparison has been disregarded by Sinologists for valid reasons. However, the very establishment of the comparison, even on questionable grounds, may be a stroke of serendipity. This essay probes the Tolkien-Jin Yong comparison from a literary perspective, arguing that the comparison is often made on the …
Two Norse Literary Analogues of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Beacons of Gondor
One of the methods of wartime communication in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (1954–5) is a semaphoric beacon system through which the Kingdom of Gondor provides warning of its imminent i
Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Themes in Literature Analysis (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Old Norse (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)