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List of contents
Acknowledgments xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Editorial Practices and Abbreviations xix
Brief Chronology of the Life and Works of
J. R. R. Tolkien xxii
Introduction 1
Part I: Life 5 1 A Brief Biography 7
John Garth Part II: The Academic 25 2 Academic Writings 27
Thomas Honegger 3 Tolkien as Editor 41
Tom Shippey 4 Manuscripts: Use, and Using 56
Stuart D. Lee Part III: The Legendarium 77 5 Myth-making and Sub-creation 79
Carl Phelpstead 6 Middle-earth Mythology: An Overview 92
Leslie A. Donovan 7
The Silmarillion: Tolkien's Theory of Myth, Text, and Culture 107
Gergely Nagy 8
The Hobbit: A Turning Point 119
John D. Rateliff 9
The Lord of the Rings 133
John R. Holmes 10
Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth: A Lifetime of Imagination 146
Elizabeth A. Whittingham 11 "The Lost Road" and "The Notion Club Papers": Myth, History, and Time-travel 161
Verlyn Flieger 12 Poetry 173
Corey Olsen 13 "Minor" Works 189
Maria Artamonova 14 Invented Languages and Writing Systems 202
Arden R. Smith Part IV: Context 215 15 Old English 217
Mark Atherton 16 Middle English 230
Elizabeth Solopova 17 Old Norse 244
Tom Birkett 18 Finnish: The Land and Language of Heroes 259
Leena Kahlas-Tarkka 19 Celtic: "Celtic Things" and "Things Celtic" - Identity, Language, and Mythology 272
J. S. Lyman-Thomas 20 The English Literary Tradition: Shakespeare to the Gothic 286
Nick Groom 21 Earlier Fantasy Fiction: Morris, Dunsany, and Lindsay 303
Rachel Falconer 22 The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries 317
David Bratman 23 Later Fantasy Fiction: Tolkien's Legacy 335
Dimitra Fimi 24 Modernity: Tolkien and His Contemporaries 350
Anna Vaninskaya Part V: Critical Approaches 367 25 The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction 369
Patrick Curry 26 Style and Intertextual Echoes 389
Allan Turner 27 The Hero's Journey 404
Anna Caughey 28 Evil 418
Christopher Garbowski 29 Nature 431
Liam Campbell 30 Religion: An Implicit Catholicism 446
Pat Pinsent 31 War 461
Janet Brennan Croft 32 Women 473
Adam Roberts 33 Art 487
Christopher Tuthill 34 Music 501
Bradford Lee Eden 35 Film Adaptations: Theatrical and Television Versions 514
Kristin Thompson 36 Games and Gaming: Quantasy 530
Péter Kristóf Makai General Bibliography 545
Index 555
About the author
Stuart D. Lee is a member of the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. He is the University's Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries, a member of Merton College, and Deputy CIO at the University's IT Services. He has studied medieval literature and the works of Tolkien for over 30 years. His research focuses on the impact of medieval literature on modern culture, and he lectures in Old English, Tolkien, and the Poetry of the First World War. He is co-author of
Key Concepts in Medieval Literature (2006) and
The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien (2005).
