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Women & Tolkien: Amazons, Valkyries, Feminists, And Slashers, Robin A. Reid Dr.
Women & Tolkien: Amazons, Valkyries, Feminists, And Slashers, Robin A. Reid Dr.
Journal of Tolkien Research
This paper reports on an early pilot project that asks women who self identify as readers or fans of Tolkien's work and/or teachers who have taught Tolkien's work, and/or scholars who have published on Tolkien's work to answer a few open-ended questions about their reasons for enjoying his work. By "women," I mean anybody who identifies as a woman. By "Tolkien's work," I mean any of his published novels, stories, poems, or academic essays. The study arises from the question that is often asked of fans of Tolkien's work: why do women so enjoy it, given the relatively minor narrative …
Guinevere, Grímhild, And The Corrigan: Witches And Bitches In Tolkien’S Medieval Narrative Verse, Kristine Larsen
Guinevere, Grímhild, And The Corrigan: Witches And Bitches In Tolkien’S Medieval Narrative Verse, Kristine Larsen
Journal of Tolkien Research
This paper, focusing on issues of magic and female characters in Tolkien's medieval narrative verse, was presented at the University of Vermont Tolkien Conference on April 11, 2015 and does not take into account Verlyn Flieger’s commentary (especially concerning Galadriel) in her 2016 edited volume The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.
Perilous And Fair: Women In The Works And Life Of J.R.R. Tolkien (2015) Ed. Janet Brennan Croft And Leslie A. Donovan, Deidre A. Dawson
Perilous And Fair: Women In The Works And Life Of J.R.R. Tolkien (2015) Ed. Janet Brennan Croft And Leslie A. Donovan, Deidre A. Dawson
Journal of Tolkien Research
Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. Tolkien (2015), ed. by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan