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Informationen zum Autor Jason Fisher is an independent scholar specializing in J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and Medieval Germanic philology. He is also the editor of Mythprint, the monthly publication of The Mythopoeic Society, and has written for Tolkien Studies, Mythlore, Beyond Bree, North Wind, Renaissance, and other publications. Klappentext Source criticism--analysis of a writer's source material--has emerged as one of the most popular approaches in exploring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Since Tolkien drew from many disparate sources, an understanding of these sources, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers' appreciation. This set of new essays by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism and provides practical demonstrations of the approach. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations PrefaceJason Fisher Introduction: Why Source Criticism?Tom Shippey Source Criticism: Background and ApplicationsE. L. Risden Tolkien and Source Criticism: Remarking and RemakingJason Fisher The Stones and the Book: Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and Biblical MythopoeiaNicholas Birns Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and ElwingKristine Larsen "Byzantium, New Rome!" Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in The Lord of the RingsMiryam Librán-Moreno The Rohirrim: "Anglo-Saxons on Horseback"? An Inquiry into Tolkien's Use of SourcesThomas Honegger William Caxton's The Golden Legend as a Source for Tolkien's The Lord of the RingsJudy Ann Ford She and Tolkien, RevisitedJohn D. Rateliff Reading John Buchan in Search of TolkienMark T. Hooker Biography as Source: Niggles and NotionsDiana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long About the Contributors Index
