A Select Bibliographyof Works about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
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Tolkien: BiographyHumphrey Carpenter. Tolkien. Rev. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Daniel Grotta-Kurska. J. R. R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1976. John Garth. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Michael White. J. R. R. Tolkien. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2002.
Douglas A. Anderson & Marjorie J. Burns (eds.) On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences and Other Essays. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Tolkien: Reference WorksRichard Blackwelder. A Tolkien Thesaurus. New York: Garland, 1990. Colin Duriez. The J. R. R. Tolkien Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to his Life, Writings and World of Middle‑earth. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992. Robert Foster. The Complete Guide to Middle‑earth; From the Hobbit to the Silmarillion. New York: Ballantine, 1978. Greg Harvey. The Origins of Tolkien’s Middle-earth for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003. Judith A. Johnson. J. R. R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism. Westport, CT : Greenwood, 1986. [An annotated bibliography] Michael W. Perry. Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings. Seattle: Inkling Books, 2003. Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. [1. Reader’s Guide.—2. Chronology] J. E. A. Tyler. The New Tolkien Companion. New York: St. Martin's, 1979.
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Tolkien: Geography Karen Wynn Fonstad. The Atlas of Middle-earth. Rev. ed. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1991. Brian Sibley & John Howe. The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Mythopoeic Press, 2005.
Tolkien: Languages Jim Allen. An Introduction to Elvish. Rome, Somerset, Eng.: Bran’s Head, 1978. Ruth S. Noel. The Languages of Middle-earth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. David Salo. A Gateway to Sindarin. University of Utah Press, 2004. [N.B. There are also a number of excellent websites on the languages & alphabets] |
Tolkien: CriticismBrian Bates. The Real Middle-earth: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Bradley J. Birzer. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth. Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2002. Jane Chance. The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power. Rev. ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentuky, 2001. Jane Chance. Tolkien’s Art: A Mythology for England. Rev. ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Katharyn W. Crabbe. J.R.R. Tolkien. Rev. & expanded ed. New York: Continuum, 1988. Patrick Curry. Defending Middle-earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity. New York: St. Martin’s, 1997. Verlyn Flieger. Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien’s Mythology. Kent State University Press, 2005. Verlyn Flieger. A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faerie. Kent State University Press, 1997. Verlyn Flieger. Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien’s World. Rev. ed. Kent State University Press, 2002. Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner. The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Christopher Grabowski. Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 2004. William H. Green. The Hobbit: A Journey into Maturity. New York: Twayne, 1995. Paul H. Kocher. Master of Middle‑earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. Peter Kreeft. The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings. Ignatius Press, 2005. Stuart Lee & Elizabeth Solopova. The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J. R. Tolkien. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Alex Lewis & Elizabeth Currie. The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien: A Critical Study of the Text, Context, and Subtext in the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Weston Rhyn, UK: Medea Publishing, 2002. Joseph Pearce. Tolkien: Man and Myth. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1998. Deborah W. Rogers & Ivor A. Rogers. J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Twayne, 1980. Brian Rosebury. Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon. New York: Macmillan, 2003. Fleming Rutledge. The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in the Lord of the Rings. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004. T. A. Shippey. The Road to Middle-earth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. T. A. Shippey. J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Mary Eddy Smith. Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings. Downer’s Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 2002. Michael N. Stanton. Hobbits, Elves and Wizards: Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. New York: Palgrave, 2001. Ralph C. Wood. The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle- earth. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. |
Tolkien: Collections of EssaysGregory Bassham & Eric Bronson (ed.) The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All. Chicago: Open Court, 2003. K. J. Battarbee (ed.) Scholarship and Fantasy: Proceedings of the Tolkien Phenomenon (May 1992 Turku, Finland) University of Turku, 1993. Harold Bloom (ed.) Modern Critical Interpretations: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House, 2000. Peter Buchs & Thomas Honegger (eds.) News From the Shire and Beyond: Studies on Tolkien. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 1997. Jane Chance (ed.) Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Jane Chance (ed.) Tolkien the Medievalist. London: Routledge, 2003. Jane Chance & Alfred K. Siewers (eds.) Tolkien’s Modern Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. George Clark & Daniel Timmons (eds.) J. R. R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle Earth. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000. Janet Brennan Croft (ed.) Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings. Mythopoeic Society, 2005. Robert Eagleston (ed.) Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Trilogy. Continuum, 2006. Verlyn Flieger & Carl F. Hostetter (eds.) Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000. Robert Giddings (ed.) J. R. R. Tolkien: This Far Land. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1983. Wayne Hammond & Christina Scull (eds.) Proceedings of the Conference on “The Lord of the Rings, 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder”. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2005. Thomas Honegger (ed.) Reconsidering Tolkien. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 2005. Thomas Honegger (ed.) Root and Branch: Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 1999. Thomas Honegger (ed.) Tolkien in Translation. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 2003. Thomas Honegger (ed.) Translating Tolkien: Text and Film. Zurich, SZ: Walking Tree, 2004. Neil Isaacs & Rose Zimbardo (eds.) Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Neil Isaacs & Rose Zimbardo (eds.) Tolkien and the Critics. University of Notre Dame Press, 1968. Neil Isaacs & Rose Zimbardo (eds.) Tolkien: New Critical Perspectives. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. Jared Lobdell (ed.) A Tolkien Compass. 2nd ed. Chicago: Open Court, 2003. Joseph Pearce (ed.) Tolkien: A Celebration. Collected Writings on a Literary Legacy. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999. Mary Salu & Robert Farrell (eds.) J. R. R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979. |
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Tolkien: Periodicals Tolkien Studies. 1- (2004- ). West Virginia University Press.
Tolkien: Motion PicturesThe Hobbit [TV ; Animated] (1977) Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin. Screenplay by Romeo Muller (77 min.) The Lord of the Rings [Animated] (1978) Directed by Ralph Bakshi. Screenplay by Chris Conkling & Peter S. Beagle (133 min.) The Return of the King [TV / Animated] (1980) Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin. Screenplay by Romeo Muller (98 min.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 ; 178/208 min.).—The Two Towers (2002 ; 179/223 min.).—The Return of the King (2003 ; 201/251 min.). Directed by Peter Jackson. Screenplay by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair.
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