Analyzes the initiation phase of Campbell’s journey of the hero as represented by Bilbo’s journey through the Misty Mountains, interlude with the goblins, and battle with the spiders of Mirkwood
Close reading of the two riddle games in The Hobbit—the first between Bilbo and Gollum, and the seco...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Leads us to Goldberry through possible sources in classical and Celtic legend, and emphasizes her ro...
Calls Tolkien’s fiction highly “audience-centered,” inviting divergent interpretations of everything...
Considers the influence of Norse mythology on The Hobbit in particular, both in story elements and i...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Compares aspects of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings to The Mythological Cycle of Irish li...
This essay investigates the applicability of Joseph Campbell’s notion of the Hero’s Journey from his...
Bilbo Baggins, protagonist of the narrative The Hobbit, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, enters a heroic...
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
Discusses the structure of the Angerthas or Cirth, the runic alphabet used primarily for incision in...
This paper examines Joseph Campbell’s theory of the monomyth—the idea that great myths (heroes’ jour...
Investigates the tangled textual history of Radagast, a much-neglected character, and what it says a...
Considers aspects of the depiction of hobbits in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that emphasize...
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss how J.R.R Tolkien formulated the journey of a hero in his n...
Close reading of the two riddle games in The Hobbit—the first between Bilbo and Gollum, and the seco...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Leads us to Goldberry through possible sources in classical and Celtic legend, and emphasizes her ro...
Calls Tolkien’s fiction highly “audience-centered,” inviting divergent interpretations of everything...
Considers the influence of Norse mythology on The Hobbit in particular, both in story elements and i...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Compares aspects of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings to The Mythological Cycle of Irish li...
This essay investigates the applicability of Joseph Campbell’s notion of the Hero’s Journey from his...
Bilbo Baggins, protagonist of the narrative The Hobbit, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, enters a heroic...
A close look at Tolkien’s incorporation of traces of shamanism and totemism in his depiction of Gand...
Discusses the structure of the Angerthas or Cirth, the runic alphabet used primarily for incision in...
This paper examines Joseph Campbell’s theory of the monomyth—the idea that great myths (heroes’ jour...
Investigates the tangled textual history of Radagast, a much-neglected character, and what it says a...
Considers aspects of the depiction of hobbits in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that emphasize...
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss how J.R.R Tolkien formulated the journey of a hero in his n...
Close reading of the two riddle games in The Hobbit—the first between Bilbo and Gollum, and the seco...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Leads us to Goldberry through possible sources in classical and Celtic legend, and emphasizes her ro...