A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN-13: 9781119691402 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 608 str.

Stuart D. Lee

Spis treści

Acknowledgments ixNotes on Contributors xiEditorial Practices and Abbreviations xviiiBibliography xixAbbreviations xxBrief Chronology of the Life and Works of J.R.R. Tolkien xxiiIntroduction to the Second Edition xxxivPart I: Life 11 A Brief Biography 3John GarthPart II: The Academic 192 Academic Writings 21Thomas Honegger3 Tolkien as Editor 34Tom Shippey4 Manuscripts: Use and Using 48Stuart D. LeePart III: The Legendarium 655 Myth-making, Sub-creation, and World-building 67Carl Phelpstead6 Middle-earth Mythology: An Overview 79Leslie A. Donovan7 The Silmarillion: Tolkien's Theory of Myth, Text, and Culture 93Gergely Nagy8 The Hobbit: A Turning Point 104John D. Rateliff9 The Lord of the Rings 116John R. Holmes10 Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth: A Lifetime of Imagination 127Elizabeth A. Whittingham11 "The Lost Road" and "The Notion Club Papers": Myth, History, and Time-travel 140Verlyn Flieger12 Poetry 152Corey Olsen13 "Minor" Works 166Maria Artamonova14 Invented Languages and Writing Systems 177Arden R. SmithPart IV: Context 18915 Fantasy: An Introduction 191Edward James16 Classical Literature 203Hamish Williams17 "On Fairy-stories" and Folktale Research 214Juliette Wood18 Old English 224Mark Atherton19 Middle English 235Elizabeth Solopova20 Old Norse 247Tom Birkett21 Finnish: The Land and Language of Heroes 260Leena Kahlas-Tarkka22 Celtic: "Celtic Things" and "Things Celtic" - Identity, Language, and Mythology 271J. S. Lyman-Thomas23 The English Literary Tradition: Shakespeare to the Gothic 283Nick Groom24 Earlier Fantasy Fiction: Morris, Dunsany, and Lindsay 297Rachel Falconer25 The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries 309David Bratman26 Later Fantasy Fiction: Tolkien's Legacy 324Dimitra Fimi27 Periodizing Tolkien: The Romantic Modern 337Anna VaninskayaPart V: Critical Approaches 35328 The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction 355Patrick Curry29 Style and Intertextual Echoes 374Allan Turner30 The Hero's Journey 386Anna Caughey31 Evil 399Christopher Garbowski32 Nature 410Liam Campbell33 Religion: An Implicit Catholicism 424Pat Pinsent34 War 437Janet Brennan Croft35 Women 448Adam Roberts36 Difference and Otherness 460Christopher Vaccaro37 Art 472Christopher Tuthill38 Music 485Bradford Lee Eden39 Film Adaptations: Theatrical and Television Versions 497Kristin Thompson40 Games: Playable Arda 511Péter Kristóf Makai41 Fandom 525Cait Coker General Bibliography 535Index 544

O autorze

Stuart D. Lee is a senior member of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. He is a teacher and researcher in the areas of Fantasy Literature, War Poetry, Old English, and Digital Humanities. He has published extensively and most recently edited the 4-volume Critical Assessments of Major Writers: J. R. R. Tolkien and co-edited The Keys of Middle-earth. Dr Lee has led many major Digital Humanities research projects, including The First World War Poetry Digital Archive.