Add to ORKGExamines concerns shared by Donaldson and Tolkien, and traces the development of the fantasy “everyman” hero from Bilbo to Covenant. Applies Northrop Frye’s definitions of the hero to both authors’ works. Includes chart of parallels, covering similar concerns and techniques and the continuum of characters
Discusses two of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, and considers their possible influence on Lewis’...
Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more prec...
Traces moral, religious, and creative parallels between MacDonald and Tolkien. Finds that Christiani...
Examines links between Chesterton and Tolkien “developing from a mutually strong religious convictio...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Interview with Donaldson in which he discusses background and technique of the Chronicles of Thomas ...
Discusses several homophones of “orc” in fantastic literature as possible sources for Tolkien
Counters criticism of fantasy as morally negligible or as leading to morbid escapism; instead applie...
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. J. R. R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewe...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Critical interpretation of Dunsany’s novels, in chronological order, excerpted from the author’s boo...
A controversial speculative reading of J.R.R. Tolkien’s early years with his mother Mabel and brothe...
Analyzes Smith of Wootton Major as a statement of Tolkien’s theories on fantasy writing, particularl...
Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith ...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Discusses two of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, and considers their possible influence on Lewis’...
Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more prec...
Traces moral, religious, and creative parallels between MacDonald and Tolkien. Finds that Christiani...
Examines links between Chesterton and Tolkien “developing from a mutually strong religious convictio...
Concerns the roots of the wizard Gandalf’s character in the legendary figure of Merlin, tracing Merl...
Interview with Donaldson in which he discusses background and technique of the Chronicles of Thomas ...
Discusses several homophones of “orc” in fantastic literature as possible sources for Tolkien
Counters criticism of fantasy as morally negligible or as leading to morbid escapism; instead applie...
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. J. R. R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewe...
Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a T...
Critical interpretation of Dunsany’s novels, in chronological order, excerpted from the author’s boo...
A controversial speculative reading of J.R.R. Tolkien’s early years with his mother Mabel and brothe...
Analyzes Smith of Wootton Major as a statement of Tolkien’s theories on fantasy writing, particularl...
Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith ...
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and t...
Discusses two of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, and considers their possible influence on Lewis’...
Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more prec...
Traces moral, religious, and creative parallels between MacDonald and Tolkien. Finds that Christiani...