Tolkien Studies
An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume IX
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.
•Peter Grybauskas: Untold Tales: Solving a Literary Dilemma
•Gerard Hynes: “Beneath the Earth’s Dark Keel”: Tolkien and Geology
•Douglas C. Kane: Law and Arda
•Amelia A. Rutledge: “Justice is not Healing”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Pauline Constructs in “Finwë and Míriel”
•Verlyn Flieger: Book Reviews
•David Bratman and Merlin DeTardo: The Year’s Work in Tolkien Studies 2009
•Rebecca Epstein, with Michael D.C. Drout, David Bratman, and Merlin DeTardo: Bibliography (in English) for 2009
•Gerard Hynes: “Beneath the Earth’s Dark Keel”: Tolkien and Geology
•Douglas C. Kane: Law and Arda
•Amelia A. Rutledge: “Justice is not Healing”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Pauline Constructs in “Finwë and Míriel”
•Verlyn Flieger: Book Reviews
•David Bratman and Merlin DeTardo: The Year’s Work in Tolkien Studies 2009
•Rebecca Epstein, with Michael D.C. Drout, David Bratman, and Merlin DeTardo: Bibliography (in English) for 2009
“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
“…a welcome addition to the growing library of Tolkien criticism.”
Mark Hooker, Mythprint
“A very important and highly readable addition to Tolkien scholarship.”
Carol A. Leibiger, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
