Tolkien Studies
An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume VII
Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review presents the growing body of critical commentary and scholarship on both J. R. R. Tolkien’s voluminous fiction and his academic work in literary and linguistic fields.
•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
•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
“A very important and highly readable addition to Tolkien scholarship.”
Carol A. Leibiger, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
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“What else can one say? The reviews are full, numerous, by respected hands, and informative. . . .another magisterial addition to the growing corpus of Tolkienian scholarship.”
David Doughan, Mallorn
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“The best anthology of Tolkien criticism and commentary.”
Mike Foster
Mike Foster
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“A welcome addition to the growing library of Tolkien criticism.”
Mark Hooker, Mythprint
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