Tolkien in the New Century

Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey
Herausgeber: Croft, Janet Brennan; Martsch, Nancy; Houghton, John Wm.

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Produktbeschreibung

Widely considered one of the leading experts on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Thomas Alan Shippey has informed and enlightened a generation of Tolkien scholars and fans. In this collection, friends and colleagues honor Shippey with 15 essays that reflect their mentor's research interests, methods of literary criticism and attention to Tolkien's shorter works. In a wide-ranging consideration of Tolkien's oeuvre, the contributors explore the influence of 19th and 20th century book illustrations on Tolkien's work; utopia and fantasy in Tolkien's Middle-earth; the Silmarils, the Arkenstone, and the One Ring as thematic vehicles; the pattern of decline in Middle-earth as reflected in the diminishing power of language; Tolkien's interest in medieval genres; the heroism of secondary characters; and numerous other topics. Also included are brief memoirs by Shippey's colleagues and friends in academia and fandom and a bibliography of Shippey's work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780786474387
• ISBN-10: 0786474386
• Artikelnr.: 40049409

Autorenporträt

John Wm. Houghton is Firestone Endowment Chaplain and chair of the department of religious studies and philosophy at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He lives in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Janet Brennan Croft is liaison to the school of communication and information and librarian for disability services and copyright at Rutgers University Libraries in North Brunswick, New Jersey. She has written on the Peter Jackson films, J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Lois McMaster Bujold, and other authors, and is editor or co-editor of five collections of literary essays and edits the refereed scholarly journal Mythlore. Nancy Martsch is the editor of Beyond Bree, newsletter of the J.R.R. Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa. She lives in Sherman Oaks, California. John D. Rateliff is an independent scholar. He lives in Kent, Washington. Robin Anne Reid is a professor of literature and languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce. She lives in Commerce, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction by John Wm. Houghton
Abbreviations and Other Conventions
I. Memoirs
Counseling the Scippigræd: How T.A. Shippey Taught Us to Read (John R.
Holmes)
Shippey: The Philologist and the Critics (David Bratman)
Tom Shippey, and a Few New Leaves on Some Old Roots and Branches (E.L.
Risden)
A Talk by Tom Shippey (Todd Jensen)
Tom Shippey and the Tolkien Society (Jessica Yates)
Shippey Amongst the Mercians (John Wm. Houghton)
II. Answering Questions
The "Lady with the Simple Gown and White Arms" or Possible Influences of
19th and Early 20th Century Book Illustrations on Tolkien's Work (Nancy
Martsch)
Places Where the Stars Are Strange: Fantasy and Utopia in Tolkien's
Middle-earth (Robert T. Tally, Jr.)
Middle-earth and the Waste Land: Greenwood, Apocalypse, and Post-War
Resolution (E.L. Risden)
The Jewels, the Stone, the Ring, and the Making of Meaning (Verlyn Flieger)
Tolkien and Apposition (Leslie Stratyner)
III. "Philological Inquiries"
Keeping Counsel: Advice in Tolkien's Fiction (John R. Holmes)
Tolkien's Wraiths, Rings and Dragons: An Exercise in Literary Linguistics
(Jason Fisher)
"He chanted a song of wizardry": Words with Power in Middle-earth (B.S.W.
Barootes)
IV. "The True Tradition"
Inside Literature: Tolkien's Explorations of Medieval Genres (John D.
Rateliff)
"Poor Sméagol": Gollum as Exile in The Lord of the Rings (Yvette Kisor)
The Presence of the Past in The Lord of the Rings (John B. Marino)
Night-wolves, Half-trolls and the Dead Who Won't Stay Down (Marjorie
Burns)
V. Perspectives from Outside the Cycle
Väinämöinen in Middle-earth: The Pervasive Presence of the Kalevala in the
Bombadil Chapters of The Lord of the Rings (David L. Dettman)
"Lack of Counsel Not of Courage": J.R.R. Tolkien's Critique of the Heroic
Ethos in The Children of Húrin (Richard C. West)
"Alone Between the Dark and Light": "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" and
Lessons from the Later Legendarium (Kristine Larsen)
Appendix: Recent Work-Shippey on Tolkien Since 2004
About the Contributors
Extended Acknowledgments
Index