Douglas A. Anderson
Douglas Allen Anderson (born 30 December 1959 in Valparaiso, Indiana) is an American independent scholar who has authored and edited various books relating to the works of Tolkien.
Anderson assisted Humphrey Carpenter during the process of compiling The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, for instance, he found Letter 27 at the Houghton Mifflin archives in Boston. In 1988, he edited The Annotated Hobbit, which won the Mythopeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies in 1990. A revised and expanded edition was published in 2002. He is currently working on a third edition.
With Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger, Anderson was co-editor for volumes one through eight of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. He is a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers and currently serves as editor for book reviews at the Journal of Tolkien Research. He also manages the small publisher Nodens Books, which focuses on reprinting works by lesser known writers.
Bibliography, selected
Books
- 1988: The Annotated Hobbit
- 1993: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography (with Wayne G. Hammond)
- 2002: The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition
- 2003: Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
- 2005: Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy
- 2007: Tolkien On Fairy-stories (with Verlyn Flieger)
- 2008: Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
- 2025: More Tales Before Tolkien
Journals, editor
- 2004: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1 (co-editor)
- 2005: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2 (co-editor)
- 2006: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 3 (co-editor)
- 2007: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 4 (co-editor)
- 2008: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5 (co-editor)
- 2009: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6 (co-editor)
- 2010: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7 (co-editor)
- 2011: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8 (co-editor)
Articles and contributions
- 1981: Mallorn 16
- — "A Look at the Marquette Archives"
- — "The Marring of the Moon"
- 1987: The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin)
- — "Note on the Text"
- 1994[?]: The Hobbit
- — "Note on the Text"
- 1996: The Marvellous Land of Snergs
- — "Introduction"
- 2001: Meditations on Middle-earth
- — "Tolkien After All These Years"
- 2002: Tolkien the Medievalist
- — "'An Industrious Little Devil': E.V. Gordon as Friend and Collaborator with Tolkien'
- 2004: Tolkien Studies: Volume 1
- — "J.R.R. Tolkien, A Checklist" (with Tom Shippey)
- 2005: Tolkien Studies: Volume 2
- — "J.R.R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts's 'Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh'"
- 2013: Mythlore 123
- — "Fairy Elements in British Literary Writings in the Decade Following the Cottingley Fairy Photographs Episode"
Awards
- 1988: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, The Annotated Hobbit
- 2025: Tolkien Society Award: Outstanding Contribution
Referencias
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