Tolkien research

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The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of research covering many aspects of his fantasy writings. These encompass The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, along with his legendarium that remained unpublished until after his death, and his constructed languages, especially the Elvish languages Quenya and Sindarin. Scholars from different disciplines have examined the linguistic and literary origins of Middle-earth, and have explored many aspects of his writings from Christianity to feminism and race.

Biographical

Biographies of Tolkien have been written by

OED is detailed in the 2006 book The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner.[4]

On Tolkien's writings

Institutions

A variety of institutions have developed to support Tolkien research. These include

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[6]
Publishers of scholarly books on Tolkien include

Journals

Early publications on Tolkien's writing were essentially fanzines; some, such as

Mallorn[7] by the Tolkien Society. Other specialised journals include Tolkien Studies (2004–) and Journal of Tolkien Research (2014–). There are several journals that focus on the literary society The Inklings, of which Tolkien was a member, especially Journal of Inklings Studies (2011–).[7]

Conferences

In 1992, the Tolkien Society and the Mythopoeic Society held a joint conference for the centenary of Tolkien's birth, combining papers that were published in the conference proceedings,[8] with a mixed programme of events over a period of eight days, 17–24 August 1992, in Oxford. The Mythopoeic Society has been holding conferences in the U.S. (and once in Canada) nearly annually since 1970. In recent years some conferences have been virtual.[9]

Omentielva is a European bi-yearly conference on research into Tolkien's invented languages.[10]

Fields

A large literature examines Tolkien's

its influences from literature of different periods, its poetry, its Christian symbolism, feminism, race, sexuality, and many other themes.[12][13] These are overviewed in Blackwell's A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien,[14] which effectively marked his acceptance into the English literary canon.[15]

Constructed languages

Tolkien's constructed languages,

Vinyar Tengwar are published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship of the Mythopoeic Society a non-profit organization. The Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon material published at an increasing rate during the early 2000s is from the stock of linguistic material in the possession of the appointed team of editors (some 3000 pages according to them), consisting of photocopies sent them by Christopher Tolkien and notes taken in the Bodleian Library around 1992. An Internet mailing list dedicated to Tolkien's languages, called tolklang, has existed since November 1, 1990.[16]

Bibliography

Major introductory books

Journals

Current
Transitory

References

  1. ^ "Tolkien Bibliography: 1977 - Humphrey Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography". The Tolkien Library. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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  6. ^ "J R R Tolkien Collection - Marquette University Libraries". Marquette University Libraries. 30 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e Croft, Janet Brennan (2016). "Bibliographic Resources for Literature Searches on J.R.R Tolkien". Journal of Tolkien Research. 3 (1). Article 2.
  8. The J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 – separate articles (out of print); – single PDF with index
  9. ^ GoodKnight, Glen H.; Reynolds, Patricia (15 October 1996). "Editorial". Mythlore. 21 (2): article 1.
  10. ^ Omentielva
  11. ^ Solopova 2009.
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  13. ^ Hammond & Scull 2006b.
  14. ^ Lee 2020.
  15. ^ Higgins, Andrew (2015). "A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, ed. Stuart D. Lee, reviewed by Andrew Higgins". Journal of Tolkien Research. 2 (1). Article 2.
  16. ^ Bradfield, Julian. "The Tolkien Language List". Quettar.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  17. ^ Tolkien Studies at West Virginia University Press
  18. ^ Mythlore
  19. ^ Journal of Tolkien Research
  20. ^ Mallorn
  21. ^ At its issue #15 , Tolkien Journal merged with Mythlore.
  22. ^ Vinyar Tengwar
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