Tolkien and the Classics

Tolkien and the Classics is a collection of essays edited by Roberto Arduini, Giampaolo Canzonieri and Claudio A. Testi. It was published as No. 42 in the Cormarë Series.

Contents
  • Introduction by Roberto Arduini, Giampaolo Canzonieri and Claudio A. Testi

Tolkien and Authors from Antiquity

  • "Giant, Solitary, and Anarchist. The Trolls in The Hobbit and Polyphemus in the Odyssey" by Gloria Larini
  • "Renewing the Epic: Tolkien and Apollonius Rhodius" by Leonardo Mantovani
  • "To Die for Love. Female Archetypes in Tolkien and Euripides" by Gloria Larini
  • "Tolkien and Virgil, Ancient Lore and Literary Inspiration" by Lavinia Scolari

Tolkien and Authors from the Middle Ages

  • "Stories of Wonders and Wanderings: The Hobbit and The Travels of Marco Polo" by Valérie Morisi
  • "Tolkien and Aquinas" by Claudio A. Testi
  • "Tolkien and Malory: Writing a Mythology for England" by Elisa Sicuri
  • "Dante, Tolkien, and the Supreme Harmony" by Chiara Bertoglio
  • "Gawain vs. Gauvain: Tolkien and Chrétien de Troyes" by Tânia P. Azevedo
  • "The Innkeeper and the Miller: Common Folks in Chaucer and Tolkien" by Roberto Arduini

Tolkien and Authors from the Modern Period

  • "Tolkien and Sir Walter Scott: Critiques of the Chivalric/Heroic Imaginary" by Amelia A. Rutledge
  • "Tolkien and Shakespeare: Debtor Against His Will" by Luisa Paglieri
  • "Tolkien and Alfieri. Fëanor and the Characters of Alfierian Tragedy" by Sara Gianotto
  • "Tolkien and Grahame" by Cecilia Barella
  • "Tolkien and Manzoni" by Andrea Monda
  • "The Yoke of Pride and Shame: Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim and J.R.R. Tolkien's Túrin Turambar" by Melissa Ruth Arul
  • "From Neverland to Middle-earth" by Chiara Nejrotti
  • "The Hobbit and the Puppet: Two Protagonists Journeying into Opposite Directions" by Giampaolo Canzonieri
  • "Tolkien and the War Poets" by Simone Bonechi
  • "With Light Step Through the Threshold: Female characters, the Gothic, and the meditatio mortis in Tolkien and Poe" by Barbara Sanguineti
  • "William Morris and Tolkien: Some Unexpected Connections" by Tom Shippey
Referencias

1. Esta ficha se ha importado inicialmente de TolkienGateway.net el día 31/05/2026.

Colaboran en la Tolkienpedia