Tolkien and the study of his sources : critical essays
"This compendium by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism of Tolkien's works and then provides practical demonstrations of the approach. Ranging widely across Tolkien's writings, as well as across the periods and genres from which he took inspiration, the essays provide the most balanced and comprehensive demonstration of Tolkien source criticism available"--Provided by publisher
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages)
9780786487288, 0786487283
751978818
Preface / Jason Fisher
Introduction : why source criticism? / Tom Shippey
Source criticism : background and applications / E.L. Risden
Tolkien and source criticism : remarking and remaking / Jason Fisher
The stones and the book : Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and biblical mythopoeia / Nicholas Birns
Sea birds and morning stars : Ceyx, Alcyone, and the many metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing / Kristine Larsen
"Byzantium, new Rome!" : goths, langobards, and Byzantium in The lord of the rings / Miryam Libran-Moreno
The Rohirrim : "Anglo-Saxons on horseback" : an inquiry into Tolkien's use of sources / Thomas Honegger
William Caxton's The golden legend as a source for J.R.R Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Judy Ann Ford
She and Tolkien, revisited / John D. Rateliff
Reading John Buchan in search of J.R.R. Tolkien / Mark T. Hooker
Biography as source : niggles and notions / Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long