Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review (Volume V, 2008)

Project MUSE......Page 1
Editors' Introduction......Page 2
Acknowledgments......Page 3
In Memoriam (Stephen Medcalf, Austin G. Olney, Ruth K. Hapgood)......Page 4
Conventions and Abbreviations......Page 5
01 Brian Rosebury – Revenge and Moral Judgement in Tolkien......Page 8
02 Douglas A. Anderson – Brian Rosebury on J.R.R. Tolkien: A Checklist......Page 28
03 Carl Phelpstead – “With chunks of poetry in between”: The Lord of the Rings and Saga Poetics......Page 30
04 Corey Olsen – The Myth of the Ent and the Entwife......Page 46
05 James G. Davis – Showing Saruman as Faber: Tolkien and Peter Jackson......Page 62
06 Lynn Forest-Hill – Boromir, Byrhtnoth, and Bayard: Finding a Language for Grief in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings......Page 80
07 Jason Fisher – Three Rings for – Whom Exactly? And Why? Justifying the Disposition of the Three Elven Rings......Page 106
08 J.R.R. Tolkien – Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve’s Tale......Page 116
09 George Steiner – Tolkien, Oxford’s Eccentric Don......Page 192
10 Nicholas Birns......Page 196
11 John Garth......Page 207
12 Deidre A. Dawson......Page 212
13 Dyrk Ashton......Page 216
14 Tom Shippey......Page 221
15 Mark T. Hooker......Page 228
16 Dimitra Fimi......Page 236
17 Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley......Page 240
18 Shaun F.D. Hughes......Page 251
19 Jared Lobdell......Page 264
20 Michael J. Brisbois......Page 273
21 Douglas A. Anderson......Page 276
The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2005......Page 278
Bibliography (in English) for 2006......Page 306
Notes on Contributors......Page 316