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All of these sources are reputable, but seemed unnecessary to me for re-writing an article on The Lord of the Rings. Some may need to be salvaged for other articles and will eventually be re-added to the main bibliography, particularly the works on The Silmarillion as I was unable to be consistent about which one of these I left out.
Annotated Editions and Story Collections
edit- Anderson, Douglas A, ed. Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy. [New York: Ballantine Books, 2003] (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2)
- Lee, Stuart D. and Solopova, Elizabeth. The Keys of Middle Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien [New York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2005] (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 4)
- David E. Smith (Turgon), ed. The Tolkien Fan’s Medieval Reader. [Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Press, 2004] (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2)
- Tolkien, JRR. Beowulf and Its Critics, ed. Michael D.C. Drout [citation needed]
- Tolkien, JRR. The Annotated Hobbit, ed. Douglas A. Anderson [citation needed]
Biographical Errata
edit- Anderson, Douglas A. "'An industrious little devil': E. V. Gordon as Friend and Collaborator with Tolkien." In Chance, ed. 15-25. [citation needed]
Discusses a scholarly relationship of Tolkien’s
- Duriez, Colin. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship. [Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2003] (Relies on previously published accounts rather than original research, reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 2)
- Gilliver, Peter. "J.R.R. Tolkien and the OED." English Today: The International Review of the English Language 18 (4 (72)): 53-54. (2002)
Describes Tolkien’s work at the OED and how the word “hobbit” came to appear in the supplement
- Russell, Beth. “The Birthplace of J.R.R. Tolkien.” Tolkien Studies 2: 225-229 (2005)
Description of Bloemfontein in Tolkien’s time with a timeline
- Ryan, John S. "J.R.R. Tolkien's Formal Lecturing and Teaching at the University of Oxford, 1925-1959" Seven 19: 45-62 (2002)
List of lecture courses given by Tolkien during his time at Oxford and graduate students that he advised
Linguistic/Translation Studies
edit- Agøy, Nils Ivar. "A Question of Style: On Translating The Silmarillion into Norwegian." In Tolkien in Translation, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2003]: 31-43.
- Bayona, Sandra. "Begging your pardon, Con el perdón de usted: Some Socio-Linguistic Features in The Lord of the Rings." In Tolkien in Translation, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2003]: 69-90.
- Ferré,Vincent, Daniel Lauzon, and David Riggs. "Traduire Tolkien en français: On the Translation of J. R. R. Tolkien's Works into French and their Reception in France." In Tolkien in Translation, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2003]: 45-68.
- Honegger, Thomas. "The Westron Turned into Modern English: The Translator and Tolkien's Web of Languages." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 1-20.
- Hooker, Mark T. "Dutch Samizdat: The Mensink-van Warmelo Translation of The Lord of the Rings." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 83-92.
- Hostetter, Carl F. “Tolkienian Linguistics: The First Fifty Years.” Tolkien Studies 4:1-46. (2007)
- Koravos, Nikolas. "The Common Speech and Its Speakers in The Lord of the Rings." Mallorn 41 (2003): 38-40.
- Nagel, Rainer. "'The New One Wants to Assimilate the Alien.'—Different Interpretations of a Source Text as a Reason for Controversy: The 'Old' and the 'New' German Translations of The Lord of the Rings." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 21-52.
- Nagel, Rainer. "The Treatment of Proper Names in the German Edition(s) of The Lord of the Rings as an Example of Norms in Translation Practice." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 93-113.
- Orbach, Danny. "The Israeli Translation Controversy—What About and Where To In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 53-66.
- Jeffery, David Lyle. “Tolkien as Philologist.” In Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader, ed. Jane Chance [Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004]: 61-78
- Salo, David. Gateway to Sindarin. [Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2004]
- Smith, Arden R. "The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works." In Tolkien in Translation, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2003]: 91-118.
- Smith, Ross R. “Fitting Sense to Sound: Linguistic Aesthetics and Phonosemantics in the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien.” Tolkien Studies 3: 1-20 (2006)
- Stenström, Anders [Beregond]. "Tolkien in Swedish Translation: From Hompen to Ringarnas herre." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 115-24.
- Stopfel, Susanne. "Traitors and Translators: Three German Versions of The Lord of the Rings." Mallorn 43: 11-14. (2005)
- Sturch, Richard. "Estne Tolkien Latine Reddendus?: A Light-Hearted Look at Some of the Challenges." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 67-82.
- Turner, Allan. Translating Tolkien: The Philological Elements of “The Lord of the Rings” [Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2005]
- Turner, Allan. "A Theoretical Model for Tolkien Translation Criticism." In Tolkien in Translation, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2003]: 1-30.
- Velten, Alexandra. "The Soundtrack Lyrics of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings—A Legitimate 'Translation' of Tolkien?" In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 213-43.
Film Studies
edit- Alleva, Richard. "Peter Jackson's Sorcery: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." Commonweal 131(2): 20-21. (2004)
- Barker, Martin J. "The Lord of the Rings and 'Identification': A Critical Encounter." European Journal of Communication 20(3): 353-78. (2005)
- Burdge, Anthony S. and Jessica Burke. "Humiliated Heroes: Peter Jackson's Interpretation of The Lord of the Rings." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 135-64.
- Chance, Jane. "Is There a Text in this Hobbit? Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring." Literature—Film Quarterly 30(2): 79-85. (2003)
- Chance, Jane. "Tolkien's Women (and Men): The Films and the Book." Mallorn 43: 30-37. (2005)
- Croft, Janet Brennan, ed. Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. [Altadena, CA: Mythopoeic Press, 2004]
- Ferré, Vincent. "Tolkien, Our Judge of Peter Jackson." Trans. Daniel Lauzon. In Honegger, ed. 125-33.
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: Empty citation (help) - Fuller, Graham. "Trimming Tolkien." Sight & Sound 12(2): 18-20. (2002)
- Goldsmith, Jeff. "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." Creative Screenwriting 11: 62-67. (2004)
- Høgset, Øystein. "The Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: A Critical Comment." In Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, ed. Thomas Honegger. [Zurich: Walking Tree, 2004]: 165-80.
- Kim, Sue. "Beyond Black and White: Race and Postmodernism in The Lord of the Rings Films." MFS 50(4 ): 875-907. (2004)
- Langford, Barry. "Time." In Reading The Lord of the Rings, ed. Robert Eaglestone [London: Continuum, 2005]: 29-46.
- Mallinson, Jeffrey. "A Potion too Strong?: Challenges in Translating the Religious Significance of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to Film. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 2002: 1.
- Mathijs, Ernest. The Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in a Global Context. London: Wallflower Press, 2006. (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 4)
- Mathijs, Ernest and Pomerance, Murray, eds. From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings.” [Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2006] (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 4)
- Nasmith, Ted. "Similar But Not Similar: Appropriate Anachronism in My Paintings of Middle-earth." In Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages, eds. Jane Chance and Alfred K. Siewers. [New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005]: 189-204.
- Newman, Kim. "Will It Ring True." Sight & Sound 12(1): 4-5 (2002)
- Porter, Lynnette R. Unsung Heroes of "The Lord of the Rings": From the Page to the Screen. [Westport, CT; London: Praeger, 2005]
- Shippey, Tom. "From Page to Screen: J. R. R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson." World Literature Today 77.2: 69-72. (2003)
- Shippey, Tom. "Another Road to Middle-Earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy." In Understanding The Lord of the Rings, eds. Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs. [Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004]: 233-54.
- Smith, Jim and J. Clive Matthews. The Lord of the Rings: The Films, the Books, the Radio Series. [London: Virgin, 2004]
- Smith, Ross. "Why the Film Version of The Lord of the Rings Betrays Tolkien's Novel, Part 1." English Today 21(3): 3-7. (2005)
- Stanton, Michael N. "Tolkien in New Zealand: Man, Myth, and Movie." In Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages, eds. Jane Chance and Alfred K. Siewers. [New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005]: 205-11.
- Thompson, Kristin. "Fantasy, Franchise, and Frodo Baggins: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood." Modern Light Trap 52: 45-63. (2003)
- Thompson, Kristin. The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood. [2007] [citation needed]
- Wilde, Dana. "This Moral Core: J.R.R. Tolkien's Books and Peter Jackson's Films." Xavier Review 25(1): 66-76. (2005)
- Wright, Greg. Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's The Lord of the Rings. [Burien, WA: Hollywood Jesus Books, 2004]
- Veugen, Connie. "'A Man, lean, dark, tall': Aragorn Seen through Different Media." In Reconsidering Tolkien, ed. Thomas Honegger [Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2005]: 171-209.
Regarding Tolkien's Other Works
editBeowulf Essay
edit- Richard. "Beowulf." Explicator 62.3: 130-32. (2004)
- Drout, Michael D.C.. "How the Monsters Became Important: The Logical and Rhetorical Development of 'The Monsters and the Critics.'" Fabelwesen, mostri e portenti nell'immaginario occidentale, edited by Carmela Rizzo. [Torino: Edizione dell'Orso, 2004]: 1-23.
- Faraci, Mary. "'I wish to speak': Tolkien's Voice in his Beowulf essay." In Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003], p. 50-62.
- Morse, Ruth. "Lords of the Ring: Tolkien, Beowulf, and the Memory of Song." The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya, edited by Takami Matsuda, Richard A. Linenthal, and John Scahill. [Woodbridge, Suffolk: D. S. Brewer; Tokyo: Yushodo Press, 2004]: 481-96. [more concerning Tolkien’s reading of Beowulf and how it influences modern readings of Beowulf than The Lord of the Rings]
Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
edit- Tompkins, J Case. “'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son': Tolkien as a Modern Anglo-Saxon" Mythlore 90: 67-74 (year?)
Mythopoeia
edit- Maillet, Greg. “Tolkien’s Mythopoeia as a Theology of Conversion.” In Concerning Hobbits and Other Matters: Tolkien Across Disciplines, ed. Tim Schindler [St. Paul Dept of English, University of St. Thomas, 2001]: 43-47
- Tolley, Clive. "Tolkien's 'Essay on Man': A Look at Mythopoeia." The Chesterton Review 28: 79-95. (2002)
On Fairy Stories
edit- Algeo, John. "The Buddha and Tolkien: A discussion of the Four Noble Truths in fairy stories." English Today 19(3 (75)): 59-61, 64. (2003) [only a brief consideration of the parallels between Buddha's teachings and On Fairy Stories]
- Flieger, Verlyn. "'There would always be a fairy-tale': J. R. R. Tolkien and the Folklore Controversy." in Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003]: 26-35.
- Kelly, Tony. "Faith Seeking Fantasy: Tolkien on Fairy-Stories." Pacifica 15: 190-208. (2002)
Reeve's Tale
edit- Horobin, S.C.P. "J.R.R. Tolkien as a Philologist: A Reconsideration of the Northernisms in Chaucer's Reeve's Tale." English Studies 82.2: 97-105. (2001)
Smith of Wootton Major
edit- Flieger, Verlyn and T.A. Shippey. "Allegory versus Bounce: Tolkien's Smith of Wootton Major." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 12 (2 (46)): 186-200. (2001)
- Lewis, Alex. "The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom." Mallorn 41 (2003): 3-8. [Study of the demographic changes in Oxford that may have led Tolkien to say that “the heart has gone out of Little Kingdom” in the Smith tale]
The Hobbit
edit- Anderson, Douglas A. “R.W. Chambers and The Hobbit” Tolkien Studies 3: 137-147. (2006)
- Arthur, Sarah. Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through "The Hobbit." [Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2005] [a series of essays]
- Green, William H. "King Thorin's Mines: The Hobbit as Victorian Adventure Novel." Extrapolation 42(1): 53-64. (2001)
- Rateliff, John D. The History of the Hobbit (in two volumes) [Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007] (Reviewed in Tolkien Studies, vol. 5)
- Trokhimenko, Olga V. "If You Sit on the Door-Step Long Enough, You Will Think of Something: The Functions of Proverbs in J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit." Proverbium 20: 367-377. (2003)
The Silmarillion
edit- Collins, Robert A. “Ainulindalé: Tolkien’s Commitment to Aesthetic Ontology” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 11:257-65. (year?)
- Eden, Bradford Lee. "The 'music of the spheres': Relationships between Tolkien's The Silmarillion and Medieval Cosmological and Religious Theory." In Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003]: 183-193.
- Ellison, John. "From Feanor to Doctor Faustus: A Creator's Path to Self Destruction." Mallorn 41: 13-21. (2003)
- Fuller, Graham. "Kingdom Come: Graham Fuller Hails Peter Jackson's Monumental Tolkien Triptych." Film Comment 40: 24-29. (2004)
- Garbowski, Christopher. "Life as a Journey: The Spiritual Dimension in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings." Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 6 (2004). [Electronic publication.]
- Hoiem, Elizabeth Massa. "World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in 'Aldarion and Erendis.'" Tolkien Studies 2: 75-92. (2005)
- Houghton, John William. “Augustine in the Cottage of Lost Play: The Ainulindalë as Asterisk Cosmogony.” In Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003]: 171-182, reprinted from a 1995 Mythlore paper
- Nagy, Gergely. . "The Great Chain of Reading: (Inter-)Textual Relations and the Technique of Mythopoesis in the Túrin story." In Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003]: 239-258.
- Nagy, Gergely “The Adapted Text: The Lost Poetry of Beleriand” Tolkien Studies 1: 21-41 (2004) [Discussing the poetic styles of the Silmarillion]
- West, Richard C. “Real World Myth in the Secondary World: Mythological Aspects in the story of Beren and Luthien.” In Tolkien the Medievalist, ed. Jane Chance [New York: Routledge, 2003]: 259-267. [Itemizes mythic, legendary and personal sources for the tale]