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Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 1

An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 1. 2004

"Light-elves, Dark-elves and Others: Tolkien's Elvish Problem" - Tom Shippey

"Tom Shippey on Tolkien: A Checklist"

"The Lost Poetry of Beleriand" - Gergely Nagy

"Do the Atlantis story and abandon Eriol-Saga" - Verlyn Flieger

"Identifying England's Lönnrot" - Anne C. Petty

"Sir Orfeo: A Middle English Version by Tolkien" - Carl F. Hostetter

"Frodo's Batman" - Mark T. Hooker

"Tolkien's Prose Style and its Literary and Rhetorical Effects" - Michael Drout

"The Russian Perspective of Tolkien" - Olga Markova

1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued)*

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 2

An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 2. 2005

Editor's Introduction
Conventions and Abbreviations
"And She Name Her Own Name":Being True to One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earth
-Richard C. West
Richard C. West: A Checklist
-Compiled by Douglas A. Anderson
Parallel Lives: The Sons of Denethor and the Sons of Telamon
-Miryam Libran-Moreno
The White City: "The Lord of the Rings" as an Early Medieval Myth of the Restoration of the Roman Empire
-Judy Ann Ford
World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in "Aldarion and Erendis"
-Elizabeth Massa Hoiem
"Tricksy Lights": Literary and Folkloric Elements in Tolkien's Passage of teh Dead Marshes
-Margaret Sinex
Tolkien and Modernism
-Patchen Mortimer
Tolkien, King Alfred, and Boethius
-John Wm. Houghton and Neal K. Keesee
A Definitive Identification of Tolkien's "Borgil": An Astronomical and Literary Approach
-Kristine Larsen
Love: "The Gift of Death"
-Linda Greenwood
Tolkien's Imaginary Nature: An Analysis of the Structure of Middle-Earth
-Michael J. Brisbois
Obituary: Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005)
-Douglas A. Anderson

Notes and Documents
The Birthplace of J.R.R. Tolkien
-Beth Russell
J.R.R. Tolkien adn W. Rhys Robert's "Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh"
-Douglas A. Anderson
Gilraen's "Linnod": Function, Genre, Prototype
-Sandra Ballif Straubhaar
Little Nell and Frodo the Halfling
-Dale Nelson
Book Reviews
Addenda and Corrigenda to the 2001-2002 "Tolkien Studies" Bibliography
The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2001-2002
-David Bratman
Bibliography (in English) for 2003
-Compiled by Michael D.C. Drout with Melissa Smith-MacDonald

1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued)*

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 3

An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 3. 2006

Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume III is the third book in the first scholarly series published by an academic press for the purpose of presenting and reviewing the growing body orf critical commentary and scholarship about J. R. R. Tolkien's writings. Essays in this volume include "Dream Visions of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" by Amy M. Amendt-Raduege, "Three is Company: Novel, Fairy Tale, and Romance on the Journey through the Shire" by Martin Simpson, and "Beowulf as Fairy-Story: Enchanting the Elegaic in The Two Towers." Eleven essays, plus bibliography for 2004, the years work in review, and an extensive book review section.

1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued)*

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 4

An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 4. 2007

The author of THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS, J. R. R. Tolkien was also an Oxford scholar deeply versed in medieval literature. Articles in TOLKIEN STUDIES reflect that dual capacity, with writers studying Tolkien s narratives and academic work, along with recent movie adaptations and international translations. Selected articles in Volume 4 include the following: "Tolkienian Linguistics: The First Fifty Years," by Carl F. Hostetter; "Tolkien's Celtic Type of Legends: Merging Traditions," by Dimitra Fimi; "Greek and Latin Amatory Motifs in Éowyn s Portrayal," by Miryam Librán-Moreno; "The Curious Incident of the Dream at the Barrow: Memory and Reincarnation in Middle-earth," by Verlyn Flieger; "J.R.R. Tolkien s Medieval Scholarship and its Significance," by Michael D. C. Drout; and "The Name 'Nodens'," by J. R. R. Tolkien

1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued)*

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 5

An Annual Scholarly Review

West Virginia University Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).

Table of Contents

  • Brian Rosebury: Revenge and Moral Judgement in Tolkien
  • Douglas A. Anderson: Rosebury on Tolkien: A Checklist
  • Carl Phelpstead: "With chunks of poetry in between": The Lord of the Rings and Saga Poetics
  • Corey Olsen: The Myth of the Ent and the Entwife
  • James G. Davis: Showing Saruman as Faber: Tolkien and Peter Jackson
  • Lynn Forest-Hill: Boromir, Byrhtnoth, and Bayard: Finding a Language for Grief in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
  • Jason Fisher: Three Rings For Whom Exactly? Justifying the Disposition of the Three Elven Rings
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: The Reeve's Tale
  • Ross Smith: Steiner on Tolkien
  • George Steiner, trans. Ross Smith: Tolkien, Oxford's Eccentric Don
  • Book Reviews, compiled by Douglas A. Anderson
  • Michael D.C. Drout, Jason Rea, Rebecca Epstein, and Lauren Provost: Bibliography (in English) for 2006.*

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 7

An Annual Scholarly Review

West Virginia University Press, 2010. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).

Table of Contents

  • Vladimir Brljak: The Books of Lost Tales: Tolkien as Metafictionist
  • Peter Kristof Makai: Faërian Cyberdrama: When Fantasy becomes Virtual Reality
  • Michael Milburn: Coleridge’s Definition of Imagination and Tolkien’s Definition(s) of Faery
  • Thomas Fornet-Ponse: “Strange and free” —On Some Aspects of the Nature of Elves and Men
  • Mary R. Bowman: Refining the Gold: Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon, and the Northern Theory of Courage
  • Thomas Honegger: Fantasy, Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in Sir Orfeo: The Medieval Foundations of Tolkienian Fantasy
  • Sherrylyn Branchaw: Elladan and Elrohir: The Dioscuri in The Lord of the Rings
  • Yoko Hemmi: Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and His Concept of Native Language: Sindarin and British-Welsh
  • Margaret Sinex: “Monsterized Saracens,” Tolkien’s Haradrim, and Other Medieval “Fantasy Products”
  • Kristine Larsen: Myth, Milky Way, and the Mysteries of Tolkien’s Morwinyon, Telumendil, and Anarríma
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: “The Story of Kullervo” and Essays on Kalevala, Transcribed and edited by Verlyn Flieger 
  • John Garth: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Fairies
  • Book Reviews, Compiled by Douglas A. Anderson
  • David Bratman: The Year’s Work in Tolkien Studies 2007
  • Rebecca Epstein, Michael D.C. Drout, and David Bratman: Bibliography (in English) for 2008

 

Douglas A. Anderson a.o. (ed.), Tolkien Studies 8

An Annual Scholarly Review

West Virginia University Press, 2011. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).

  • Philip Irving Mitchell: “Legend and History Have Met and Fused”: The Interlocution of Anthropology, Historiography, and Incarnation in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories”
  • John M. Bowers: Tolkien’s Goldberry and The Maid of the Moor
  • Lucas Annear: Language in Tolkien’s “Bagme Bloma”
  • José Manuel Ferrández Bru: “Wingless fluttering”: Some Personal Connections in Tolkien’s Formative Years
  • John Garth: Robert Quilter Gilson, T.C.B.S.: A Brief Life in Letters
  • Janet Brennan Croft: The Hen that Laid the Eggs: Tolkien and the Officers Training Corps
  • Book Reviews compiled by Douglas A. Anderson
  • Deidre A. Dawson: Review-Essay: The Ring Goes Ever On
  • David Bratman and Merlin DeTardo: The Year’s Work in Tolkien Studies 2008
  • Sarah Arthur, Walking with Frodo

    A devotional journey through The Lord of the Rings
    Wheaton, 2003. "Leads you through nine pairs of choices -such as darkness or light, betrayal or loyalty- made in The Lord of the Rings and what the Bible has to say about it." Paperback. Illustrated.

    Sarah Arthur, Walking with Bilbo

    A devotional adventure through The Hobbit
    Wheaton, 2005.  Quotes from The Hobbit are placed next to ones from the Bible. Paperback. Illustrated.*

    Ted Baehr and Tom Snyder, Frodo & Harry. Crossway, 2003

    Understanding visual media and it impact on our lives
    Deals with the influence of movies on children. 1st edition. Paperback.

    Stanley P. Baldwin, J.R.R. Tolkien: His Life and Works

    Library of Great Authors
    Spark Notes, 2003. Overview of Tolkien life and work, with summaries of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).*

    Gregory Bassham en Eric Bronson (ed.), The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy. One Book to Rule Them All

    Open Court , 2003
    1st edition. Paperback. Essays on the Ring, immortality, time and ending.

    Brian Bates, The Real Middle-earth. Pan, 2002

    Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages
    Book on Celtic mythology and the links with Middle-earth. Hardback.

    Brian Bates, The Real Middle-earth. Palgrave, 2003

    Exploring the Magic and Mystery in the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
    Book on Celtic mythology and the links with Middle-earth. Hardback.

    Alida Becker (ed.), A Tolkien Treasury

    Philadelphia, 2000. With essay's by W.H Auden, Colin Wilson, Edmund Wilson a.o. With a section on paintings by Tim Kirk. Hardback.*

    Magne Bergland (ed.), Angerthas in English 3

    Bergen, 1997. Magazine of the Norwegian Tolkien Society. This is an all English edition with articles like "Law and Administration in The Shire", "Tolkien and Military Strategy", "The Poem Silmessë", "Magic in Middle-earth". Illustrated. Stapled wrappers. 

    Bradley J. Birzer, J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth. Understanding Middle-earth

    Isi Books, 2002
    1st edition. Hardback. "Explains the surprisingly specific religious symbolism that permeates Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium."

    Andrew Blake, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Beginner's Guide

    Hodder, 2002. A basic introduction, aimed at school children. 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated.

    Harold Bloom (ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Modern Critical Interpretations

    Philadelphia, 2000

    Contains: "The Appeal of The Lord of the Rings: A Struggle for Life" by Hugh Keenan, "The Lord of the Rings as Literature" by Burton Raffel, "Frodo Anti-Faust: The Lord of the Rings as Contemporary Mythology" by Randel Helms, "1925-1949(ii): The Third Age" by Humphrey Carpenter, "The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s Epic" by Jane Chance Nitzsche, "Defining The Lord of the Rings: An Adventure Story in the Edwardian Mode" by Jared Lobdell, "Recovery: Name in The Lord of the Rings" by David Jeffrey, "The Medieval-Renaissance Vision of The Lord of the Rings" by Rose Zimbardo and "The Quest as Legend: The Lord of the Rings" by Katharyn Crabbe. All published before. 1st edition. Hardback.

    Harold Bloom (red.), J.R.R. Tolkien. Modern Critical Views

    Philadelphia, 2000.  "Tolkien: The Monster and the Critics" by Thomas Gasque, "Cosmic Order" by Paul Kocher, "Tolkien and Frodo Baggins" by Roger Sale, "The Author (1953-1965)" by Daniel Grotta-Kurska, "The Individuated Hobbit" by Timothy R. O’Neill, "Tolkien’s Prelude" by Anne Petty, "A Mythology for England" by Paul Kocher, "On the Need for Writing Tolkien Criticsm" by Neill Isaacs, "Lit. and Lang" by Tom Shippey and "Myth and Story" by Richard Purtill. All published before. 1st edition. Hardback.

    Kurt Brunner and Jim Ware, Finding God in The Lord of the Rings

    Wheaton, 2001
    Quotes from The Lord of the Rings are compared to the Bible and the authors draw lessons from that. Hardback.n.

    Marjorie Burns, Perilous Realms

    Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth
    University of Toronto Press, 2005. "well researched and stimulating work that repeatedly offers original insights and contains much to interest the reader who wishes to explore the fascinating web of influences, sources and attitudes underlying Tolkien's Middle-earth". 1st edition. Paperback. Cover by Ted Nasmith.*

    Marjorie Burns, Perilous Realms (hardback)

    Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth
    University of Toronto Press, 2005. "well researched and stimulating work that repeatedly offers original insights and contains much to interest the reader who wishes to explore the fascinating web of influences, sources and attitudes underlying Tolkien's Middle-earth". 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).

    Straford Caldecott, Secret Fire. The spiritual vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

    Londen, 2003
    1st edition. Paperback. "elegantly unpacks the deeper meaning of the text".

    Stratford Caldecott (ed.), Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration

    Walking Tree, 2008. 1st edition. Paperback. Cover by Anke Eissmann.

    In the year after his graduation from Exeter College, Oxford, the great mythopoeic work for which he would become famous was already germinating in Tolkien’s mind. In August 2006 the College offered a week of seminars and papers by leading international specialists on Tolkien’s Exeter years, the influence of the Great War, the healing power of his narrative, and its relevance to religious and linguistic studies, comparative mythology, and history. Priscilla Tolkien, C.S. Lewis’s secretary and friend Walter Hooper, Tolkien’s friend the Jesuit priest Robert Murray SJ, and grandson Simon Tolkien attended as special guests, representing the family and those who knew Tolkien personally. The conference was intended to encourage the growth of Tolkien Studies through international and interdisciplinary collaboration.

    The papers from this conference have been selected, edited, and supplemented by other essays on complementary themes especially for this volume, in order to reveal the dynamic growth of Tolkien Studies around the world. This book explores the spiritual, poetic, personal, and academic sources of inspiration for what is widely regarded as the greatest book of the twentieth century.*

    Liam Campbell, The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien

    Walking Tree, 2011. 1st edition. Paperback.

    This new study, in a clear and engaging tone, explores and unfolds the environmental dimension of Tolkien's work and worldview, not only in terms of the themes observable in his masterwork The Lord of the Rings, but also across his wider fiction, essays and private papers.

    With discerning recourse to the work of leading ecologists and ecothinkers, this book argues that Tolkien – in his unfolding narratives of machine against nature, where regimes of power ruthlessly move against the land – holds up a mirror to the ecological crisis of the primary world and offers a vivid depiction of (and thus a warning against) where the reckless abandonment of concern for the green face of the planet may lead. Tolkien, Campbell argues, by virtue of his consistent adherence to such striking and compelling environmental themes, was a visionary defender of nature who, before the emergence of any organised Green Movement, may have anticipated the scale of the environmental emergency that was yet to dawn. In the exploration of Tolkien's green themes and the critical analysis of his tales of Middle-earth and wider fiction, Campbell re-evaluates Tolkien as a contemporary writer, and offers new insights into Tolkien's work and new perspectives on the literature of the fantastic. *

    Lin Carter, Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings. Ballantine, 1971

    Fourth printing. Pocket. On the cover various mythical beings. "A joyous exploration of Tolkien's classic trilogy and of the glorious tradition from which it grew". Antiquarian: very good condition.*

    Lin Carter, Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings. Ballantine, 1973

    Pocket. On the cover a knight fighting a dragon. Antiquarian: fine condition.*

    Lin Carter, Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings. Londen, 2003

    1st edition thus. Hardback.

    Erica Challis (ed.), People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien

    Cold Spring Press, 2004
    Essays and reviews taken from TheOneRing.net. Paperback.

    Erica Challis (ed.), More People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien

    Cold Spring Press, 2005
    More essays and reviews taken from TheOneRing.net. 1st edition. Paperback.

    Jane Chance Nitzsche, Tolkien's Art

    Papermac, 1980. 1st edition thus. Paperback. "traces in detail the sources and influences, from pagan epic to Christian legend". Antiquarian: very good condition.*

    Jane Chance, Tolkien's Art. A Mythology for England. Revised Edition

    Kentucky, 2001
    Paperback. Cover by Michael Hague.

    Jane Chance (ed.), Tolkien and the Invention of Myth. A Reader

    University Press of Kentucky, 2004
    Eightien essays from prominent Tolkien scholars like Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger and Richard West. 1st edition. Hardback.

    Jane Chance, The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power

    Twayne Masterwork Studies

    New York, 1992. 1st edition. Paperback. "explores how power, politics and language interact in this heroic tale". Antiquarian: fine condition.

    Jane Chance, The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power. Revised Edition

     

    Kentucky, 2001. 1st edition thus. Paperback. Cover by Michael Hague. "explores how power, politics and language interact in this heroic tale". Antiquarian: fine condition.*

    Jane Chance and Alfred Siewers (ed.), Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages

    The New Middle Ages
    Palgrave, 2005. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued). Fourteen articles on Tolkien, such as "A Postmodern Medievalist?" by Verlyn Flieger and "Appropriate Anachronism in My Paintings of Middle-earth" by Ted Nasmith.*

    David Colbert, The Magical Worlds of The Lord of the Rings

    A Treasury of Myths, Legends and Fascinating Facts
    1st edition. Paperback. A basic introduction to Tolkien and his work. Illustrated.

    Russell W. Dalton, Faith Journey through Fantasy Lands

    A Christian Dialogue with Harry Potter, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings
    Minneapolis, 2003. Christian themes and values in fantasy. Paperback.*

    Cath Filmer-Davies, Towards a Good Death: The Fantasy Fiction of C.S. Lewis

    Nimrod Publication, 1998. Stapled wrappers.