Contributor
Lee, Stuart D. editor of compilation.
ImprintMalden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.
Description567 pages : ill. ; 26 cm
Note:PART I: LIFE. 1. A Brief Biography / John Garth -- PART II: THE ACADEMIC. 2. Academic Writings / Thomas Honegger ; 3. Tolkien as Editor / Tom Shippey ; 4. Manuscripts: Use, and Using / Stuart D Lee -- PART III: THE LEGENDARIUM. 5. Myth-making and Sub-creation / Carl Phelpstead ; 6. Middle-earth Mythology: An Overview / Leslie A. Donovan ; 7. The Silmarillion: Tolkien's Theory of Myth, Text, and Culture / Gergely Nagy ; 8. The Hobbit: A Turning Point / John D Rateliff ; 9. The Lord of the Rings / John R. Holmes ; 10. Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth: A Lifetime of Imagination / Elizabeth A. Whittingham ; 11. "The Lost Road" and "The Notion Club Papers": Myth, History, and Time-travel / Verlyn Flieger ; 12. Poetry / Corey Olsen ; 13. "Minor" Works / Maria Artamonova ; 14. Invented Languages and Writing Systems / Arden R. Smith -- PART IV: CONTEXT. 15. Old English / Mark Atherton ; 16. Middle English / Elizabeth Solopova ; 17. Old Norse / Tom Birkett ; 18. Finnish: The Land and Language of Heroes / Leena Kahlas-Tarkka ; 19. Celtic: "Celtic Things" and "Things Celtic": Identity, Language, and Mythology / J. S. Lyman-Thomas ; 20. The English Literary Tradition: Shakespeare to the Gothic / Nick Groom ; 21. Earlier Fantasy Fiction: Morris, Dunsany, and Lindsay / Rachel Falconer ; 22. The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries / David Bratman ; 23. Later Fantasy Fiction: Tolkien's Legacy / Dimitra Fimi ; 24. Modernity: Tolkien and His Contemporaries / Anna Vaninskaya -- PART V: CRITICAL APPROACHES. 25. The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction / Patrick Curry ; 26. Style and Intertextual Echoes / Allan Turner ; 27. The Hero's Journey / Anna Caughey ; 28. Evil / Christopher Garbowski ; 29. Nature / Liam Campbell ; 30. Religion: An Implicit Catholicism / Pat Pinsent ; 31. War / Janet Brennan Croft ; 32. Women / Adam Roberts ; 33. Art / Christopher Tuthill ; 34. Music / Bradford Lee Eden ; 35. Film Adaptations: Theatrical and Television Versions / Kristin Thompson ; 36. Games and Gaming: Quantasy / Pter Kristf Makai.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
