Argues The Lord of the Rings’s structure is an inversion of that of The Silmarillion, closely linking the two. Notes “some of the elements that are inverted and the pattern in which they appear.
The publication of drafts of The Lord of the Rings allows scholars to assess Tolkien as a reviser. A...
Sees many parallels between events described in Revelation and those in The Lord of the Rings. In pa...
An examination of the fundamental means by which Tolkien achieves Secondary Belief within The Silmar...
Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to height...
Investigates the tangled textual history of Radagast, a much-neglected character, and what it says a...
Describes five “laws” underlying Tolkien’s Middle-earth and how the action of The Lord of the Rings ...
This paper begins with an analysis of the evolution of the Fall in the Western tradition, which will...
Deals with the decline in power of evil through the ages of Arda, and how this is connected with pha...
This paper examines “fusion”, the basis of artistry, in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Fusion takes pl...
This paper considers the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien and the other Inklings (specifically C.S. Lewis a...
My thesis reflects an assessment of The Lord of the Rings centering on the idea of a structure of op...
Applies folk-tale analysis tools to the climactic Mount Doom scene of The Lord of the Rings, finding...
Examines how Tolkien applied a central concept of “On Fairy-stories,” the idea that fantasy must be ...
Study of the concepts of making (creation) and unmaking (destruction), the opposing forces of Order ...
Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: th...
The publication of drafts of The Lord of the Rings allows scholars to assess Tolkien as a reviser. A...
Sees many parallels between events described in Revelation and those in The Lord of the Rings. In pa...
An examination of the fundamental means by which Tolkien achieves Secondary Belief within The Silmar...
Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to height...
Investigates the tangled textual history of Radagast, a much-neglected character, and what it says a...
Describes five “laws” underlying Tolkien’s Middle-earth and how the action of The Lord of the Rings ...
This paper begins with an analysis of the evolution of the Fall in the Western tradition, which will...
Deals with the decline in power of evil through the ages of Arda, and how this is connected with pha...
This paper examines “fusion”, the basis of artistry, in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Fusion takes pl...
This paper considers the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien and the other Inklings (specifically C.S. Lewis a...
My thesis reflects an assessment of The Lord of the Rings centering on the idea of a structure of op...
Applies folk-tale analysis tools to the climactic Mount Doom scene of The Lord of the Rings, finding...
Examines how Tolkien applied a central concept of “On Fairy-stories,” the idea that fantasy must be ...
Study of the concepts of making (creation) and unmaking (destruction), the opposing forces of Order ...
Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: th...
The publication of drafts of The Lord of the Rings allows scholars to assess Tolkien as a reviser. A...
Sees many parallels between events described in Revelation and those in The Lord of the Rings. In pa...
An examination of the fundamental means by which Tolkien achieves Secondary Belief within The Silmar...