Disputes the story in Carpenter’s biography about the origin of Gandalf in a picture postcard Tolkien acquired in 1911, pointing out that the painting on which the postcard was based was painted in 1925 or later
Looks for evidence of the Anglo-Saxon influence on Tolkien’s writings in his verse play “The Homecom...
A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of th...
Goes beyond Carpenter’s well-known reference to Cynewulf’s Christ as Tolkien’s “primary inspiration”...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lo...
Makes a case for examining Tolkien’s work as an amateur visual artist as key to understanding the im...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Suggests that Tolkien’s legendarium is in some ways modeled on the Arthurian story and that he had t...
Leads us on a linguistic journey into the origins of the words hobbit and Baggins and their surprisi...
This thesis aims to analyse the origin, development and possible interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's...
It is commonly argued that the Inklings had no influence on Tolkien. This paper will show that they ...
An overview of Tolkien’s achievements in both fiction and scholarship, and an account of their work ...
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other
A controversial speculative reading of J.R.R. Tolkien’s early years with his mother Mabel and brothe...
Looks for evidence of the Anglo-Saxon influence on Tolkien’s writings in his verse play “The Homecom...
A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of th...
Goes beyond Carpenter’s well-known reference to Cynewulf’s Christ as Tolkien’s “primary inspiration”...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lo...
Makes a case for examining Tolkien’s work as an amateur visual artist as key to understanding the im...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Suggests that Tolkien’s legendarium is in some ways modeled on the Arthurian story and that he had t...
Leads us on a linguistic journey into the origins of the words hobbit and Baggins and their surprisi...
This thesis aims to analyse the origin, development and possible interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's...
It is commonly argued that the Inklings had no influence on Tolkien. This paper will show that they ...
An overview of Tolkien’s achievements in both fiction and scholarship, and an account of their work ...
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other
A controversial speculative reading of J.R.R. Tolkien’s early years with his mother Mabel and brothe...
Looks for evidence of the Anglo-Saxon influence on Tolkien’s writings in his verse play “The Homecom...
A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of th...
Goes beyond Carpenter’s well-known reference to Cynewulf’s Christ as Tolkien’s “primary inspiration”...