Tolkien and the Study of His Sources

"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.

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Jason Fisher is an independent scholar specializing in J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and Medieval Germanic philology. He is also the editor of Mythprint, the monthly publication of The Mythopoeic Society, and has written for Tolkien Studies, Mythlore, Beyond Bree, North Wind, Renaissance, and other publications.

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Source criticism--analysis of a writer's source material--has emerged as one of the most popular approaches in exploring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Since Tolkien drew from many disparate sources, an understanding of these sources, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers' appreciation. This set of new essays by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism and provides practical demonstrations of the approach.

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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
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 Librán-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 Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Judy Ann Ford
She and Tolkien, Revisited
John D. Rateliff
Reading John Buchan in Search of Tolkien
Mark T. Hooker
Biography as Source: Niggles and Notions
Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long

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