books about: legendarium (hobbitonian mythopoeia)

books about: legendarium

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Finnish Legends

MacMay, 2008

The following stories cover almost all of the songs of the Kalevala, the epic of the Finnish people. They will lead the English child into a new region in the fairy world, yet one where he will recognise many an old friend in a new form. The very fact that they do open up a new portion of the world of the marvellous, will, it is hoped, render them all the more acceptable, and perhaps, when the child who reads them grows up to manhood, will ...

A Tolkienian Mathomium: A Collection Of Articles On J.R.R. Tolkien And His Legendarium (The Lord Of The Rings ...

3 reviews
Mark T. Hooker

Llyfrawr, 2008

Tolkien Mathomium - a collection of articles book
A lot of fun The writer is mad of course - to be studying words so closely! An enjoyable read nonetheless. It should be noted too, this is post The Lord of the Rings Readers Companion, so thats important to (the companion has a concordance, which is invaluable when studying words) Softcover. 274 pages. Preface by the author List of articles herein: What is a Mathom? 1 The ...

Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction ...

5 reviews

Greenwood Press, 2000

Some *REAL* scholarship here!
Good Tolkien criticism is sadly rare. Given the amount of fan fluff that's out there, this collection of 14 essays, edited by well-established Tolkien scholars Verlyn Flieger and Carl Hostetter, comes as welcome relief. The essays, all of which are based to varying degrees on the mammoth 12-volume _History of Middle-Earth_ (hereafter abbreviated as HoME) that was recently completed by ...

The Hobbitonian Anthology: of Articles on J.R.R. Tolkien and his Legendarium (The Hobbit and The Lord of the ...

1 review
Mark T. Hooker

Llyfrawr, 2009

The only reason I haven't given it a five star. . . .
. . . is that I don't know any Slavic languages, so can't properly appreciate many of the articles. JRRT used language very specifically. He used some rather unusual words and constructions with very specific shades of meaning; shades which even an educated native speaker of English may not notice consciously, although when a particular passage is re-worked using more 'normal' phrasing, one ...

Tolkien Fandom: J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle- Earth, Legendarium, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The ...

Betascript Publishing, 2010

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tolkien fandom is an international, informal community of fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially of the Middle-earth legendarium which includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. "Fandom" implies a subculture marked by youthful enthusiasm but comparatively little sophistication compared to scholarly literary criticism and thus marks the popular aspect of the general ...

Tolkien Studies: Middle-Earth Canon, Mythopoeia, Tolkien Research, Mythopoeic Awards, Matthew T. Dickerson, ...

Books LLC, 2010

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Middle-Earth Canon, Mythopoeia, Tolkien Research, Mythopoeic Awards, Matthew T. Dickerson, Tolkien's Legendarium, Marquette University Special Collections and University Archives, Richard E. Blackwelder, Tolkien: a Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings", Michael ...