A close look at “The Battle of Maldon” and how Tolkien’s opinion of Bryhtnoth’s actions echoes through his Beowulf essay, “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son,” and even into the character of Gandalf
An examination of Bombadil’s appearances in The Lord of the Rings; primarily an appreciation
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur has at its heart the theme of ofermod, a theme which appears throughout Tol...
Considers the application of speech act theory to Tolkien’s “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm...
Examines Tolkien’s ability to hold two conflicting ways of thinking in creative tension, representin...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Studies Sam, Aragorn, and Gandalf as archetypal masculine heroes in The Lord of the Rings
Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influen...
Looks for evidence of the Anglo-Saxon influence on Tolkien’s writings in his verse play “The Homecom...
Explores “the stylized and conventional speeches” of Beowulf and the Green Knight as they “provide a...
A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of th...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Describes the Battle of the Somme and Tolkien’s participation in it. Pointing out the parallels betw...
Compares Tolkien’s Beorn and Tom Bombadil, assessing their functions in The Hobbit and The Lord of t...
Relates Tolkien’s thoughts expressed in the essay “Prefatory Remarks on the Prose Translation of Beo...
An examination of Bombadil’s appearances in The Lord of the Rings; primarily an appreciation
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur has at its heart the theme of ofermod, a theme which appears throughout Tol...
Considers the application of speech act theory to Tolkien’s “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm...
Examines Tolkien’s ability to hold two conflicting ways of thinking in creative tension, representin...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Studies Sam, Aragorn, and Gandalf as archetypal masculine heroes in The Lord of the Rings
Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influen...
Looks for evidence of the Anglo-Saxon influence on Tolkien’s writings in his verse play “The Homecom...
Explores “the stylized and conventional speeches” of Beowulf and the Green Knight as they “provide a...
A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of th...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Describes the Battle of the Somme and Tolkien’s participation in it. Pointing out the parallels betw...
Compares Tolkien’s Beorn and Tom Bombadil, assessing their functions in The Hobbit and The Lord of t...
Relates Tolkien’s thoughts expressed in the essay “Prefatory Remarks on the Prose Translation of Beo...
An examination of Bombadil’s appearances in The Lord of the Rings; primarily an appreciation
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur has at its heart the theme of ofermod, a theme which appears throughout Tol...