Tolkien Studies

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Tolkien Studies

description Literary scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise Interdisciplinary
language English
publishing company West Virginia University Press ( USA )
First edition 2004
Frequency of publication Yearly
Editor-in-chief Douglas A. Anderson
Web link muse.jhu.edu
ISSN (print) 1547-3155
ISSN (online) 1547-3163

Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review ( English : Tolkien Studies: An annual academic review ) is a literary scholarly journal that deals with the works of JRR Tolkien . It is edited by Douglas A. Anderson , Michael DC Drout and Verlyn Flieger . According to the company, it is the first academic journal in the field of Tolkien research.

expenditure

The volumes published so far each contain around a dozen articles. Among other things, they deal with the literature of Tolkien and the artificial languages he designed such as Quenya or Sindarin .

Selected articles:

part 1

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 1, West Virginia University Press 2004, ISBN 0-937058-87-4 .
    • Carl F. Hostetter: “Sir Orfeo”. A Middle English Version by JRR Tolkien ("Sir Orfeo". A Middle English version by JRR Tolkien)
    • Dale J. Nelson: Possible Echoes of Blackwood and Dunsany in Tolkien's Fantasy ( Possible Echoes of Blackwood and Dunsany in Tolkien's Fantasy World)

Volume 2

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 2, West Virginia University Press 2005, ISBN 1-933202-03-3 .
    • Douglas A. Anderson: Obituary: Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005). (Obituary)
    • Douglas A. Anderson: JRR Tolkien and W. Rhys Robert's “Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh”.

Volume 3

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 3, West Virginia University Press 2006, ISBN 1-933202-10-6 .
    • In memoriam: Karen Wynn Fonstad. (Obituary)
    • Richard W. Fehrenbacher: Beowulf as Fairy-story: Enchanting the Elegiac in The Two Towers (Beowulf as fairy tale: The enchantment of the elegiac verse in The Two Towers )

Volume 4

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 4, West Virginia University Press 2007, ISBN 978-1-938228-52-0 .
    • Michael DC Drout: JRR Tolkien's Medieval Scholarship and its Significance ( JRR Tolkien's Medieval Research and Its Significance )
    • Kristine Larsen: SAURON, Mount Doom, and Elvish Moths: The Influence of Tolkien on Modern Science (Sauron , Mount Doom, and Elvish Moths: The Influences of Tolkien on Modern Science )

Volume 5

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 5, West Virginia University Press 2008, ISBN 978-1-938228-54-4 .
    • Lynn Forest-Hill: Boromir, Byrhtnoth, and Bayard: Finding a Language for Grief in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Boromir, Byrthnoth, and Bayard: Eine Sprache der Grief in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings )
    • Nicholas Birns: The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin: The Tale of the Children of Húrin (review) ( The Children of Húrin , review)

Volume 6

  • Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 6, West Virginia University Press 2009, ISBN 978-1-938228-56-8 .
    • John D. Rateliff : "A Kind of Elvish Craft": Tolkien as Literary Craftsman (Tolkien as literary craftsman)
    • Verlyn Flieger: The Music and the Task: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth ( The Music and the Task: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth )

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

  • Tolkien studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 9, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 2012, ISBN 978-1-938228-62-9 .
    • Anne C. Petty: Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy (review). doi: 10.1353 / tks.2012.0006 , pp. 92-97.

Volume 10

  • Tolkien studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 10, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 2013, ISBN 978-1-938228-84-1 .
    • John Garth: The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of JRR Tolkien ed. By Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (review). doi: 10.1353 / tks.2013.0012 , pp. 244-250.

Volume 11

  • Tolkien studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 11, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 2014, ISBN 978-1-940425-35-1 .

Volume 12

  • Tolkien studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 12, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 2015, ISBN 978-1-940425-33-7 .

Volume 13

  • Tolkien studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 13, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tolkien Studies - Verlyn Flieger. mythus.com, accessed March 31, 2017 .