Add to ORKGAlexei Kondratiev Student Presentation Award, Mythcon 42. Begins by strongly questioning Tolkien’s own assertions about allegory, and draws on a wide range of theory and scholarship to show the subtle operation of a deep pattern of allegory in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings centered around imagery of readers and reading, thresholds and journeys
A study of prejudice and tolerance, from the insularity of the Hobbits of the Shire to the mistrust ...
Nelson demonstrates that Tolkien’s allegorical short story, “Leaf by Niggle,” owes a debt to the med...
Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to height...
Examines The Lord of the Rings as a reflection of its historical and social context and seeks Tolkie...
Theorizes that works of fantasy need some sort of bridge linking them to the primary world in order ...
A brief look at Tolkien’s sources, particularly the medieval period as a cultural and moral source
Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: th...
An overview of Tolkien’s achievements in both fiction and scholarship, and an account of their work ...
Tolkien’s vast and detailed legendarium has helped pave the way for the fantasy genre as we know it ...
Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more prec...
This paper attempts to place Tolkien’s fiction in a distinctively English literary context: a tradit...
Allegory is not obsolete as Samuel Coleridge and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe have claimed. It is aliv...
Analyzes The Lord of the Rings through Northrop Frye’s theories as set forth in The Anatomy of Criti...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Focuses on Tolkien’s narrative treatment in The Lord of the Rings and the “Ring as an emergent symbo...
A study of prejudice and tolerance, from the insularity of the Hobbits of the Shire to the mistrust ...
Nelson demonstrates that Tolkien’s allegorical short story, “Leaf by Niggle,” owes a debt to the med...
Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to height...
Examines The Lord of the Rings as a reflection of its historical and social context and seeks Tolkie...
Theorizes that works of fantasy need some sort of bridge linking them to the primary world in order ...
A brief look at Tolkien’s sources, particularly the medieval period as a cultural and moral source
Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: th...
An overview of Tolkien’s achievements in both fiction and scholarship, and an account of their work ...
Tolkien’s vast and detailed legendarium has helped pave the way for the fantasy genre as we know it ...
Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more prec...
This paper attempts to place Tolkien’s fiction in a distinctively English literary context: a tradit...
Allegory is not obsolete as Samuel Coleridge and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe have claimed. It is aliv...
Analyzes The Lord of the Rings through Northrop Frye’s theories as set forth in The Anatomy of Criti...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Focuses on Tolkien’s narrative treatment in The Lord of the Rings and the “Ring as an emergent symbo...
A study of prejudice and tolerance, from the insularity of the Hobbits of the Shire to the mistrust ...
Nelson demonstrates that Tolkien’s allegorical short story, “Leaf by Niggle,” owes a debt to the med...
Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to height...