A Guide to Fabulous Beasts and Magical Beings
A fan's guide to Middle-earth and beyond
A massive book (well over a 1000 pages long and weighing more than 2 kilo’s) with everything relating to fantasy, focussed on authors and movies, but others like illustrators, genres, societies and such are not neglected. Every fantasy-author ever (from Shakespearre to the present) has an entry, consisting of a biography, a critical analyse of the mayor works, a listing of other publications and secondairy literature. No illustrations or fancy pictures, just two columns on each pages of fine print. De entry ‘Tolkien’ is just over 9 columns. An invaluable work of reference. 1st edition. Hardback.
A Bestiary
A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements- including his translations of medieval texts- teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: · Adaptations· Art and illustrations· Characters in Tolkien's work· Critical history and scholarship· Influence of Tolkien· Languages· Biography· Literary sources· Literature· Creatures and peoples of Middle-earth· Objects in Tolkien's work· Places in Tolkien's work· Reception of Tolkien· Medieval scholars· Scholarship by Tolkien· Medieval literature· Stylistic elements· Themes in Tolkien's works· Theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers· Tolkien's contemporary history and culture· Works of literatureThe work is edited by Michael D.C. Drout, from Wheaton College, with the participation of Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, Marjorie Burns, and Douglas Anderson.*
The lives, thoughts and writings of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and their friends
London, 2001. Second impression. Paperback. Besides a short biography and chronology consists this book mainly of a alphabetical list of names, places and events in Middle-earth. Cover by Rodney Matthews.*
Besides a short biography and chronology consists this book mainly of a alphabetical list of names, places and events in Middle-earth. Sutton, 2004. 1st edition thus. Paperback. Cover by Martin Latham.
Easy to read pocket with some info on Tolkien, the books, the movies. Illustrated with stills from the movies. 1st edition.*
Lulu, 2009. 1st edition. Hardback (no dustjacket issued).
The book contains over 1100 words and is intended to be a quick reference guide for the reader of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, where old, uncommon and archaic words can be quickly looked up and their meaning made clear. Draught for example occurs 35 times in the text with at least 5 different meanings. It means current of air in one sentence, drinking, or a drink or potion in another, one who is drafted into service in another, to draw or to pull in another and finally the depth a vessel sinks in the water. One needs to know all of the meanings in order to fully understand the text. The words in the first section of each book are arranged in order of appearance in the books. In the last section, the words are arranged alphabetically for ease of finding a particular word without regard to where it is used. Also included is the sentence where the word is used to provide the reader with the contextual setting of the word in the sentence it is used in as an aid to understand the meaning. *
