It is well known that theological and philosophical considerations became increasingly
important for JRR Tolkien. The publication of The Nature of Middle-earth is a proof of that …

When William Morris's importance to the evolution of fantasy literature is acknowledged
today, it is almost always in terms of his influence on JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth series. But …

This chapter, instead of fixing JRR Tolkien down to one “era,” aims to give its due to the
temporal fluidity that Christopher Tolkien and Verlyn Flieger emphasize. The argument is …

This chapter has eight sections 1. General. 2. Fiction Pre-1945; 3. Fiction Post-1945; 4.
Drama Pre-1950; 5. Drama Post-1950; 6. British Poetry Pre-1950; 7. British Poetry Post …

Twelve years after its initial publication, Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson recalled
how he came to write Treasure Island (1882), the novel that had propelled him to fame and …

The Worm Ouroboros é tido como um dos melhores e mais competentes romances em
volume único dentro do cânone da fantasia, gênero que seu autor, Eric Rücker Eddison …

In his Middle-earth lore, Tolkien presents death as a special gift that Eru gave to Men alone,
and not any other beings. This paper tries to answer why death can be understood as a gift …

Early legendarium is often called a" mythology for England," while Tolkien's later tales have
been described as mythologies for Britain (by Dimitra Fimi) or Englishness (by Thomas …

This chapter examines Tolkien's philological thought, exploring its racial dimension. It
illuminates the way in which peoples, their languages, and their myths are embedded in …

This chapter studies the debate that has raged over Tolkien's systematic equation of black
with evil and white with good—an equation that has resulted in charges of White …