Add to ORKGNotes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Counters criticism of fantasy as morally negligible or as leading to morbid escapism; instead applie...
Discusses the various physical settings possible for a work of fantasy, some more integral to the wo...
Discusses the significance of choosing names in fantasy, drawing on statements from Le Guin and Tolk...
Illustrates the transformative use of source material in fantasy by contrasting Merry and Pippin’s o...
Compares how the three authors shaped their mythopoeic literature—Tolkien as a true creator, Lewis a...
Attempts to define mythology in a broad context. Contends that truly mythic literature is rare, and ...
Discussion of transcription of “Bombadil poem” reproduced in 1978 Silmarillion Calendar, and what it...
Discusses how fantasy authors create characters, drawing on Jungian psychology and essays by Ursula ...
Explores Tolkien’s technique of balancing the predictable and every-day with the wonderful by viewin...
A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other
Discusses the review essays Tolkien wrote for The Years’ Work in English Studies in 1923–1926, and f...
A look into Tolkien’s thoughts on creativity, not just through “On Fairy-stories” and “Leaf by Niggl...
Middle Earth. Simulations Publications Inc., Rob Mosca, Linda Mosca and Richard Berg, Howard Barasc...
Discusses the mythology of Lewis’s Perelandra, finding its sources primarily in the Bible, with a fe...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Counters criticism of fantasy as morally negligible or as leading to morbid escapism; instead applie...
Discusses the various physical settings possible for a work of fantasy, some more integral to the wo...
Discusses the significance of choosing names in fantasy, drawing on statements from Le Guin and Tolk...
Illustrates the transformative use of source material in fantasy by contrasting Merry and Pippin’s o...
Compares how the three authors shaped their mythopoeic literature—Tolkien as a true creator, Lewis a...
Attempts to define mythology in a broad context. Contends that truly mythic literature is rare, and ...
Discussion of transcription of “Bombadil poem” reproduced in 1978 Silmarillion Calendar, and what it...
Discusses how fantasy authors create characters, drawing on Jungian psychology and essays by Ursula ...
Explores Tolkien’s technique of balancing the predictable and every-day with the wonderful by viewin...
A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other
Discusses the review essays Tolkien wrote for The Years’ Work in English Studies in 1923–1926, and f...
A look into Tolkien’s thoughts on creativity, not just through “On Fairy-stories” and “Leaf by Niggl...
Middle Earth. Simulations Publications Inc., Rob Mosca, Linda Mosca and Richard Berg, Howard Barasc...
Discusses the mythology of Lewis’s Perelandra, finding its sources primarily in the Bible, with a fe...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Counters criticism of fantasy as morally negligible or as leading to morbid escapism; instead applie...
Discusses the various physical settings possible for a work of fantasy, some more integral to the wo...