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A Gateway to Sindarin

A Gateway to Sindarin

Description: Paperback Publisher: University of Utah Press (April 1, 2007) Language: English

A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie

A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie

Description: Paperback: 286 pages Publisher: Kent State University Press (December 2001) Language: English

A Tolkien Compass (Paperback)

A Tolkien Compass (Paperback)

Description: This guide to travels in Middle-Earth includes an original chapter by Tolkien himself, explaining the meaning and origin of the names in Lord of the Rings. Can hobbits be psychoanalyzed? Does Tolkien’s Christianity shine through his imitations of pagan legends? Do his books offer a useful guide to everyday life? These and many more questions are addressed in the eleven chapters of this book. Contributors analyze Gollum’s character transformation, the psychological journey of Bilbo, the regime set up by Saruman at the end of Lord of the Rings and its parallels to fascism, the books’ narrative technique, and Tolkien’s rich use of myth and symbol. This is an insightful book that will appeal to both old and new Tolkien fans.

A Tolkien English Glossary (Paperback)

A Tolkien English Glossary (Paperback)

Description: A Guide to Old Uncommon and Archaic Words Used in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. he book contains over 1100 words and is intended to be a quick reference guide for the reader of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, where old, uncommon and archaic words can be quickly looked up and their meaning made clear. Draught for example occurs 35 times in the text with at least 5 different meanings. It means current of air in one sentence, drinking, or a drink or potion in another, one who is drafted into service in another, to draw or to pull in another and finally the depth a vessel sinks in the water. One needs to know all of the meanings in order to fully understand the text. The words in the first section of each book are arranged in order of appearance in the books. In the last section, the words are arranged alphabetically for ease of finding a particular word without regard to where it is used. Also included is the sentence where the word is used to provide the reader with the contextual setting of the word in the sentence it is used in as an aid to understand the meaning.

Defending Middle Earth:Tolkien:Myth and Modernity(Paperback)

Defending Middle Earth:Tolkien:Myth and Modernity(Paperback)

Description: What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading The Lord of the Rings? Newly reissued with a new afterword, Patrick Curry's Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that Tolkien has found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. His focus is on three main aspects of Tolkien's fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth, for which Curry provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination that will deepen the understanding of the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart.

Ents, Elves, And Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien (Culture of the Land) (Hardco

Ents, Elves, And Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien (Culture of the Land) (Hardco

Description: Ents, Elves, and Eriador examines the underlying environmental philosophy in Tolkien's major works as well as his lesser-known stories and essays. Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans evaluate Tolkien's writing, especially his Middle-earth legendarium, in the context of modern environmental literature. The authors compare Tolkien's work with that of some of the most important environmental scholars and nature writers of the past century, including Wendell Berry, John Elder, Aldo Leopold, and Scott Sanders, highlighting Tolkien's intellectual depth.

Finding God in The Hobbit

Finding God in The Hobbit

Description: Thousands have been captivated by the spiritual themes that underlie Tolkien's imaginative fiction. In Finding God in The Hobbit, Jim Ware, co-author of the popular "Finding God" series, indulges readers with an exploration of the spiritual significance of J. R. R. Tolkien's famous children's classic. As they are acquainted with Tolkien's message of transcendent truth, readers will see how God is mysteriously at work even in everyday moments. A reflection summarizes each chapter's main insight. Bibliography included.

Finding God in the Lord of the Rings

Finding God in the Lord of the Rings

Description: J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Christian, helped bring C.S. Lewis into the faith and met weekly with Lewis and Charles Williams at an Oxford pub for heated religious and literary discussions that informed The Lord of the Rings. Although Bruner and Ware avoid any simplistic claim that Tolkien's saga is "a covert allegory of the Gospel," the authors assert that the books have evangelistic power because they "can open the heart's back door when the front door is locked." Twenty-one short chapters describe various scenes and themes from Tolkien's work in order to illustrate truths of Christian life.
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Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary (Paperback)

Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary (Paperback)

Description: Guide to Tolkien's World is a scholarly, definitive, and enchantingly beautiful reference to all the living creatures -- both flora and fauna -- that inhabit J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. It is complete with descriptive text, both black and white and color illustrations, maps, a chronology, and a special index referring readers back to Tolkien's original works. All 129 races identified are clearly explained in terms of their physical appearance, language, behavior, and culture.

Interrupted Music

Interrupted Music

Description: Paperback: 172 pages Publisher: Kent State University Press (April 30, 2005) Language: English

J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth (Paperback)

J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth (Paperback)

Description: Birzer's book differs somewhat from recent volumes on the Christian themes to be found in The Lord of the Rings.

J.R.R. Tolkien : Author of the Century

J.R.R. Tolkien : Author of the Century

Description: The author's theory on the origin of the word hobbit, for example, is as learned as it is free of academic jargon. Even his analyses of the abstruse Silmarillion, Tolkien's equivalent of Joyce's Finnegans Wake, avoid getting too technical. In addition, Shippey shows that Tolkien as a storyteller often improved on his ancient sources, while The Lord of the Rings is unmistakably a work of its time. (The Shire chapters, like Orwell's 1984, evoke the bleakness of late-'40s Britain.) In treating such topics as the nature of evil, religion, allegory, style and genre, the author nimbly answers the objections of Tolkien's more rabid critics. By the end, he has convincingly demonstrated why the much imitated Tolkien remains inimitable and continues to appeal.

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Paperback)

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Paperback)

Description: Carpenter chronicles Tolkien's early life with a special sensitivity; after losing both parents, Tolkien and his brother Hilary were taken from their idyllic life in the English countryside to a poverty-ridden existence in dark and sooty Birmingham. There were bright points, however. A social and cheerful lad, Tolkien enjoyed rugby and was proud of his gift for languages. It was also at this time that he met Edith Bratt, who would later become his wife. Academic life--both as a student and professor--is where this biography shines. Friendship with other men played a huge part in Tolkien's life, and Carpenter deftly reveals the importance these relationships--his complex friendship with C.S. Lewis, membership in the Inklings and the T.C.B.S.--had on the development of his writing.

Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth (PB)

Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth (PB)

Description: Even those who do not know Beowulf or the Arthurian tales or northern European mythology come away from The Lord of the Rings with a feeling for Britain’s historical and literary past. Those who recognize the sources behind Tolkien – and the skill with which he combines these sources – gain far more. Perilous Realms gives this advantage to all readers and provides new discoveries, including material from obscure, little-known Celtic texts and a likely new source for the name ‘hobbit.’ It is truly essential reading for Tolkien fans.

Roots and Branches (Paperback)

Roots and Branches (Paperback)

Description: Professor Tom Shippey is best known for his books 'The Road to Middle-earth' and 'J.R.R. Tolkien. Author of the Century'. Yet they are not the only contributions of his to Tolkien studies. Over the years, he has written and lectured widely on Tolkien-related topics. Unfortunately, many of his essays, though still topical, are no longer available. The current volume unites for the first time a selection of his older essays together with some new, as yet unpublished articles.

Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World (Paperback)

Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World (Paperback)

Description: Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Kent State University Press; Revised edition (November 2002) Language: English

The Atlas of Middle-Earth

The Atlas of Middle-Earth

Description: Tolkien loved maps and geography played a great importance in his books. In the paperback revision of a hardcover that is out of print, cartographer Fonstad here details that aspect of these stories.

The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth (Paperback)

The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth (Paperback)

Description: Readers and fans of J.R.R. Tolkien have long been aware of the Christian underpinnings of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Still, Tolkien has not been without his religious critics, including those who have read a fascination with paganism into the pre-Christian world of Tolkien's creation. Wood, a professor of theology and literature at Baylor University, responds to those critics with an academically sound retort of "Nonsense!" Acknowledging straight off that Rings is devoid of any traces of "formal religion," Wood offers countless pieces of evidence that support his analysis of the full-fledged, deeply Christian theology of the mythological culture of Middle-earth.