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Where Fantasy Fits: The Importance Of Being Tolkien, Richard C. West
Where Fantasy Fits: The Importance Of Being Tolkien, Richard C. West
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Scholar Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 45. In his wide-ranging and conversational meditation on “Where Fantasy Fits,” the conference theme, West places Tolkien within a broad fantasy tradition but concentrates most closely on the decades preceding The Hobbit and following The Lord of the Rings, bearing out Garner Dozois’s observation that “[a]fter Tolkien, everything changed” for genre fantasy. Of particular interest is West’s discussion of science fiction works and authors appreciated by Tolkien and Lewis.
Minor, Early References To Tolkien And His Works, George H. Thompson
Minor, Early References To Tolkien And His Works, George H. Thompson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Completes the briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism.
Early Articles, Comments, Etcetera About J.R.R. Tolkien, George H. Thompson
Early Articles, Comments, Etcetera About J.R.R. Tolkien, George H. Thompson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien 1947–1971.
Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien: Part Iii, George H. Thompson
Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien: Part Iii, George H. Thompson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism. Part III covers The Return of the King.
Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien - Part Ii, George H. Thompson
Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien - Part Ii, George H. Thompson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism. Part II includes Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.
The Status Of Tolkien Scholarship, Richard C. West
The Status Of Tolkien Scholarship, Richard C. West
Tolkien Journal
Assesses the contemporary state of Tolkien scholarship, dismissing “Middle-earth studies” as not true criticism.
An Annotated Bibliography Of Tolkien Criticism - Supplement Three, Richard C. West
An Annotated Bibliography Of Tolkien Criticism - Supplement Three, Richard C. West
Tolkien Journal
The first part of this series appears in Orcrist #1.
An Annotated Bibliography Of Tolkien Criticism - Supplement Two, Richard C. West
An Annotated Bibliography Of Tolkien Criticism - Supplement Two, Richard C. West
Tolkien Journal
The first part of this series appears in Orcrist #1.
Keynote Address: On Hobbit Lore & Tolkien Criticism, Fred Lerner
Keynote Address: On Hobbit Lore & Tolkien Criticism, Fred Lerner
Tolkien Journal
Keynote Speech, First Annual Tolkien Conference, Belknap College, October 1968. Discusses the contemporary state of Tolkien criticism and scholarship, classifying it into certain categories: bibliographic studies, literary criticism, Middle-earth studies (comparing this type of work to the Sherlockian tradition), and source studies.
Tolkien Critcism, George Thomson
Tolkien Critcism, George Thomson
Tolkien Journal
Discusses the then-nascent field of Tolkien studies, noting trends such as consideration of Tolkien as an “Oxford Christian” and source studies in medieval literature and culture.