In the Nameless Wood
In the Nameless Wood: Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations is a collection of essays examining J.R.R. Tolkien's works with respect to other literature. It was published as No. 30 in the Cormarë Series.
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- List of Abbreviations and References
- 'The Nameless Wood' and 'The Narrow Path'
- Part A - The Ancient Middle East and its Associations
- — Indo-European Race-Memories and Race-Fears from the Ancient City of Uruk ... and so to Tolkien as the quietly Speculative Philologist
- — Oath-Swearing, the Stone of Erech and the Near East of the Ancient World
- — Saruman, 'Sharkey' and Suruman: Analogous Figures of Eastern Ingenuity and Cunning
- — Túrin, Turanian and Ural-Altaic Philology
- — Gollum and the Golem: A Neglected Tolkienian Association with Jewish Thought
- Part B - Romano-British Lydney and its Remarkable Importance for Tolkien's Œuvre
- — The Lydney Archaeological Site and Tolkien's Portrayal of the King as Healer
- — The Mines of Mendip and of Moria, with some Reflections on The Lair of the White Worm
- — Dwarf's Hill and the 'Dwarf's Chapel' ... the Matter of the Ancient Mining There and the Ideas for Further Story that that Fabled Activity might well have Engendered
- — Ancient Mosaic Tiles from out the West: some Romano-British 'Traditional' Motifs
- Part C - The North and West Germanic Tradition and Christianity
- — Frothi, Frodo - and Dodo and Odo
- — The Knee and the Old English Gifstol as Sacral Symbols of Protection and of Forgiveness
- — King Alfred's Developing Concept of 'Wisdom' and its Relevance to Tolkien's Grand Moral Philosophy
- — Uncouth Innocence - some Links Between Chrétien de Troyes, Wolfram von Eschenbach and J.R.R. Tolkien
- — Lore of Dwarves - in Jacob Grimm and Thomas Keightley
- — Warg, Wearg, Earg and Werewolf - a Note on a Speculative Tolkienian Etymology
- — The Number Fifteen, Heroic Ventures and Two Horrible Songs
- — Fear and Revulsion in "the cold, hard lands"
- — The Origin and Cultural Associations of the Place Name Wetwang
- Part D - Twentieth Century Oxford & England
- — The Wild Wood - Place of Danger, Place of Protest
- — J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Roy Campbell
- — Tolkien and Auden
- Appendix
- — J.R.R. Tolkien and the Ancrene Riwle, or Two Fine and Courteous Mentors to Women's Spirit
- — Bibliography
- — Index
Referencias
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