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9781933202037

Tolkien Studies Vol. 2 : An Annual Scholarly Review

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    9781933202037

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    1933202033

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-04-30
  • Publisher: West Virginia Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Editors' Introductionp. v
Conventions and Abbreviationsp. vii
"And She Named Her Own Name": Being True To One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earthp. 1
Richard C. West: A Checklistp. 11
Parallel Lives: The Sons of Denethor and the Sons of Telamonp. 15
The White City: The Lord of the Rings as an Early Medieval Myth of the Restoration of the Roman Empirep. 53
World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in "Aldarion and Erendis"p. 75
"Tricksy Lights": Literary and Folkloric Elements in Tolkien's Passage of the Dead Marshesp. 93
Tolkien and Modernismp. 113
Tolkien, King Alfred, and Boethiusp. 131
A Definitive Identification of Tolkien's "Borgil": An Astronomical and Literary Approachp. 161
Love: "The Gift of Death"p. 171
Tolkien's Imaginary Nature: An Analysis of the Structure of Middle-earthp. 197
Obituary: Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005)p. 217
Notes and Documents
The Birthplace of J. R. R. Tolkienp. 225
J. R. R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts's "Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh"p. 230
Gilraen's Linnod: Function, Genre, Prototypep. 235
Little Nell and Frodo the Halflingp. 245
Book Reviewsp. 249
Addenda and Corrigenda to the 2001-2002 Tolkien Studies Bibliographyp. 288
The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2001-2002p. 289
Bibliography (in English) for 2003p. 317
Notes on Contributorsp. 323
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