Add to ORKGCompares the nature and function of the riddles in The Hobbit with their source in such Anglo-Saxon riddles as those collected in The Exeter Book, which were meant to provide spiritual instruction as well as mental exercise and a dose of humor
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a t...
Suggests that Tolkien’s legendarium is in some ways modeled on the Arthurian story and that he had t...
The goal of this research project was to analyze literature to understand the time period the piece ...
Theorizes that works of fantasy need some sort of bridge linking them to the primary world in order ...
Leads us on a linguistic journey into the origins of the words hobbit and Baggins and their surprisi...
An author who encountered Tolkien at Oxford recounts a series of personal and literary responses aft...
Close reading of the two riddle games in The Hobbit—the first between Bilbo and Gollum, and the seco...
Traces the mutual influences of Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the letters he wrote to his children in the...
Asserts that “The Hobbit, differing greatly in tone, is nonetheless a retelling of the incidents tha...
Sees the conception of the hobbits and The Red Book of Westmarch as crucial in allowing Tolkien to “...
After his St Andrews lecture on ‘Fairy Stories’ Tolkien projected his theory of sub-creation into hi...
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is best known to the world as the author of the classic fantasies The Hobb...
Discusses the structure of the Angerthas or Cirth, the runic alphabet used primarily for incision in...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Some scholars argue that Tolkien did not fulfil some of his responsibilities during his thirty- four...
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a t...
Suggests that Tolkien’s legendarium is in some ways modeled on the Arthurian story and that he had t...
The goal of this research project was to analyze literature to understand the time period the piece ...
Theorizes that works of fantasy need some sort of bridge linking them to the primary world in order ...
Leads us on a linguistic journey into the origins of the words hobbit and Baggins and their surprisi...
An author who encountered Tolkien at Oxford recounts a series of personal and literary responses aft...
Close reading of the two riddle games in The Hobbit—the first between Bilbo and Gollum, and the seco...
Traces the mutual influences of Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the letters he wrote to his children in the...
Asserts that “The Hobbit, differing greatly in tone, is nonetheless a retelling of the incidents tha...
Sees the conception of the hobbits and The Red Book of Westmarch as crucial in allowing Tolkien to “...
After his St Andrews lecture on ‘Fairy Stories’ Tolkien projected his theory of sub-creation into hi...
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is best known to the world as the author of the classic fantasies The Hobb...
Discusses the structure of the Angerthas or Cirth, the runic alphabet used primarily for incision in...
Explores the complex layering of history and legend that convey Tolkien’s themes across a wide array...
Some scholars argue that Tolkien did not fulfil some of his responsibilities during his thirty- four...
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a t...
Suggests that Tolkien’s legendarium is in some ways modeled on the Arthurian story and that he had t...
The goal of this research project was to analyze literature to understand the time period the piece ...