Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review (Volume VII, 2010)

Project MUSE......Page 1
Editors' Introduction......Page 2
Abbreviations......Page 5
01 Vladimir Brljak – The Books of Lost Tales: Tolkien as Metafictionist......Page 8
02 Péter Kristóf Makai – Faërian Cyberdrama: When Fantasy Becomes Virtual Reality......Page 42
03 Michael Milburn – Coleridge’s Definition of Imagination and
Tolkien’s Definition(s) of Faery......Page 62
04 Thomas Fornet-Ponse – “Strange and free” – On Some Aspects of the Nature of Elves and Men......Page 74
05 Mary R. Bowman – Refining the Gold: Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon and the Northern Theory of Courage......Page 98
06 Thomas Honegger – Fantasy, Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in Sir Orfeo: The Medieval Foundations of Tolkienian Fantasy......Page 124
07 Sherrylyn Branchaw – Elladan and Elrohir: The Dioscuri in
The Lord of the Rings......Page 144
08 Yoko Hemmi – Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and His Concept of
Native Language: Sindarin and British-Welsh......Page 154
09 Margaret Sinex – “Monsterized Saracens,” Tolkien’s Haradrim and
Other Medieval “Fantasy Products”......Page 182
10 Kristine Larsen – Myth, Milky Way, and the Mysteries of Tolkien’s
Morwinyon, Telumendil and Anarríma......Page 204
11 J.R.R. Tolkien – “The Story of Kullervo” and Essays on Kalevala......Page 218
12 John Garth – J.R.R. Tolkien and the Boy Who Didn’t Believe in
Fairies......Page 286
13 Tom Shippey......Page 298
14 John Garth......Page 331
15 John D. Rateliff......Page 337
16 Arden R. Smith......Page 342
17 John D. Rateliff......Page 347
18 Douglas A. Anderson......Page 352
The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2007......Page 354
Bibliography (in English) for 2008......Page 386
Notes on Contributors......Page 406