A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien
A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien is a scholarly book about J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Stuart D. Lee, published in 2014. It is a part of the Blackwell Companions to Literature series, which have been praised as prestigious reference works.
The book presents 36 essays, featuring a number of well-known Tolkien authors. The essays are arranged into five parts, with coverage of his life, work, dominant themes, influences, and the critical reaction to his writing.
A second edition was published in 2022, keeping up-to-date new publications, adaptations, and original scholarship. Five new essays have been added to bring in new views and insights.
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Brief Chronology of the Life and Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Part I: Life
- 1. A Brief Biography
- Part II: The Academic
- 2. Academic Writings
- 3. Tolkien as Editor
- 4. Manuscripts: Use and Using
- Part III: The Legendarium
- 5. Myth-making, Sub-creation, and World-building
- 6. Middle-earth Mythology: An Overview
- 7. The Silmarillion: Tolkien's Theory of Myth, Text, and Culture
- 8. The Hobbit: A Turning Point
- 9. The Lord of the Rings
- 10. Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth: A Lifetime of Imagination
- 11. "The Lost Road" and "The Notion Club Papers": Myth, History, and Time-travel
- 12. Poetry
- 13. "Minor" Works
- 14. Invented Languages and Writing Systems
- Part IV: Context
- 15. Fantasy: An Introduction
- 16. Classical Literature
- 17. "On Fairy-stories" and Folktale Research
- 18. Old English
- 19. Middle English
- 20. Old Norse
- 21. Finnish: The Land and Language of Heroes
- 22. Celtic: "Celtic Things" and "Things Celtic" – Identity, Language, and Mythology
- 23. The English Literary Tradition: Shakespeare to the Gothic
- 24. Earlier Fantasy Fiction: Morris, Dunsany, and Lindsay
- 25. The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries
- 26. Later Fantasy Fiction: Tolkien's Legacy
- 27. Periodizing Tolkien: The Romantic Modern
- Part V: Critical Approaches
- 28. The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction
- 29. Style and Intertextual Echoes
- 30. The Hero's Journey
- 31. Evil
- 32. Nature
- 33. Religion: An Implicit Catholicism
- 34. War
- 35. Women
- 36. Difference and Otherness
- 37. Art
- 38. Music
- 39. Film Adaptations: Theatrical and Television Versions
- 40. Games: Playable Arda
- 41. Fandom
- General Bibliography
- Index
Publication history and gallery
- First edition
Referencias
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