A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien
Compiled by Åke Bertenstam

Introduction

The bibliography below is an attempt to list the books that have been published treating Tolkien, be they biographies, criticism, bibliographies, dictionaries, concordances, quiz books or any other book about Tolkien and his writings. Some categories are excluded, however. Works of fiction, based on Tolkienian events or characters are excluded as well as musical, theatrical or any other adaption of Tolkien's writings. This also goes for game books with a basis in Tolkien's writings.

Books about adaptions have due to Peter Jackson's films based on The Lord of the Rings become somewhat of a problem as some of these also treat Tolkien. In a sort of compromise between keeping them in or leaving them out I have noted them as an addendum to the bibliography proper under the heading Media related books. This list is restricted to filmed adaptions and does not list other books such as books about artists inspired by Tolkien, e.g. those about the Brothers Hildebrand.

Books are listed chronologically and alphabetically arranged within each year. At the end of the list there is a section on forthcoming books. The information in this section is by nature tentative and subject to change.

Apart from original editions of books I also list revised versions. As such editions are placed under the year they were published the same book might thus appear in several places in the list. Links are provided to the different editions.

I have also attempted to list reissues of books. In this case they appear as entries in the commentary to the original edition of the book in question and not as seperate records. Neither are they linked from the year of reissue unless the reissue appears under a new title or in a few cases where I am uncertain whether it is a case of a reissue or a revised edition.

This bibliography, however, does not list translations of books about Tolkien. It is possible that I might make a separate list of such books in the future.

The following categories of books are listed.

I have for practical reasons excluded encyclopedias with essays on Tolkien, including literary encyclopedias.

It must be emphasized that the following list only contains published books. Thus no doctoral or masters thesis are included, except in the few cases when they have seen a commercial publisher. It is possible that I might make a separate list for thesis in the future.

There is no minimum number number of pages that a chapbook must contain to be listed below. I have also included privately published books.

Thanks are due to all that have made suggestions for additions and corrections this list since it was originally published. Andrew Wells and Beregond, Anders Stenstrlöm. have been of especial help.

Lastly must noted that I plan to make two companion pages to this one. One is this list arranged in another fashion, listing the books according to subject, another lists the articles that appears in the various collections listed below.

Changes to this document

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With the the update of December 2003 this document has been online for more than a year. During this time it has expanded from the first version that listed 558 books to the present version listing 711 titles. The latest revision has expanded the list by almost 50 books.

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    1959

  1. Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist : The Art of Beowulf. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1959. ix, [2], 283 pp.
    See Chapter III: "The Structure and the Unity of Beowulf", pp. 71-87 (On Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics: pp. 71-72, 73, 75, 87) and Chapter VII: "Christian and Pagan in Beowulf", pp. 182-219 (Brodeur criticises Tolkien's views on pp. 187-200)


    2. 1961

  2. Bradley, Marion Zimmer: Men, Halflings and Hero Worship. Fantasy Amateur Press Association, 1961. (A Fantasy Amateur Press Association Booklet).
    Later edition: Illustrated by Judith Weiss. Baltimore: T-K Graphics, 1973. 51 pp., ill. 22 cm. (pbk)
  3. Ryding, Erik: Djävulens nya kläder: essäer. Stockholm: Natur och kultur, 1961. 144 pp. 19.5 × 12.5 cm.
    (pbk): SEK 9:75. (hbk): SEK 13:50.
    See the essay "Trollkarlens Återkomst", pp. 121-137 (Revision of "Tolkien och tiden", Sydsvenska dagbladet snällposten (Malmö), 26 January 1961).
    Titles in English: The Devil's New Clothes, "The Return of the Wizard", "Tolkien and Time".


    4. 1962

  4. English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday. Edited by Norman Davis and C.L. Wrenn. London: Allen & Unwin, 1962. 339 pp., ill.
    22 contributions, of which the only one with a direct connection to Tolkien is a poem by W.H. Auden: "Short Ode to a Philologist", pp. 11-12. 
  5. Fuller, Edmund: Books With Men Behind Them. New York: Random House, 1962. 240 pp.  
    See "The Lord of the Hobbits: J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 169-196.
    Reprinted in Tolkien and the Critics, pp. 17-39.
  6. Twelve Beowulf Papers, 1940-1960: With Additional Comments. Neuchâtel: Faculté des lettres; Genève: Droz, 1962. 194 pp. (Recueil de travaux publ. par la Faculté des lettres, 30)
    See the contribution by Adrienne Bonjour, : "Monsters Crouching and Critics Rampant, or, The Beowulf Dragon Debated", pp. 97-113. (On Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics.)
  7. Wain, John: Sprightly Running: Part of an Autobiography. London: Macmillan, 1962. ix, 264, [1] pp. 22 × 14.5 cm. 25 s.
    American edition: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1964. 264 pp.
    See chapter V: "A Literary Chapter", pp. 162-210, of which pp. 179-185 deals with the Inklings.
    Wain tells of his reactions to the Inklings when he attended some of their meetings while studying at Oxford, and also what views he had of them while writing his book.
  8. Wilson, Colin: The Strength to Dream: Literature and the Imagination. London: Gollancz, 1962. 222 pp.
    Tolkien is treated in the chapter "The Power of Darkness: J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 130-132.


    9. 1965

  9. Wilson, Edmund: The Bit Between my Teeth: A Literary Chronicle of 1950-1965. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, © 1965. 694 pp.
    British edition: London: W.H. Allen, 1965. 694 pp.
    See the essay "Oo, Those Awful Orcs!", pp. 326-332. (Originally appeared in The Nation, 15 April 1956.)


    10. 1966

  10. Lewis, C.S.:Letters of C.S. Lewis. Edited with a Memoir, by W.H. Lewis. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1966. [8], 308 pp., [8] pp. of plates.
    Revised and enlarged edition, edited by Walter Hooper. London: Fount Paperbacks, 1988. 528 pp. 19.5 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 0-00-627329-7 (pbk): £5.95
    Even though no letters from Lewis to Tolkien are included and there are no extended passages about Tolkien long enough to qualify for inclusion still Tolkien is mentioned approximately 20 times in the letters and the volume is included on the strength of being a primary biographical source about the Inklings.
  11. A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern British Literature. Compiled and edited by Ruth Z. Temple, Martin Tucker. New York: Ungar, 1966. 3 vols. 25 cm.
    Vol. 3, Q-Z. © 1966.
    See the following contributions: D.M. Stuart's review of The Fellowship of the Ring (originally appeared in English, Autumn 1954, p. 114), extracts from W.H. Auden: "A world imaginary, but real" (originally appeared in Encounter, vol. 3, November 1954, pp. 59-62) and from Mark Roberts: "Adventure in English" (originally appeared in Essays in criticism, vol. 6, 1956, pp. 450-459).
  12. Moorman, Charles: The Precincts of Felicity: The Augustinian City of the Oxford Christians. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1966. xiii, 143 pp.
    See chapter 5: "The Shire, Mordor, and Minas Tirith", pp. 86-100.
    Reprinted in: Tolkien and the critics, pp. 201-217.


    13. 1967

  13. Johnston, George Burke: The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien. Blacksburg, Va.: White Rhinoceros Press, 1967. 23 pp. 
  14. Kuncewicz, Piotr: Samotni wobec historii. Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1967. 210 pp. 
    Contains 14 articles, the one on Tolkien is "Tolkien czyli swiat".
  15. Tolkien Festival (Mankato: 1966): The Tolkien Papers: Ten Papers Prepared for the Tolkien Festival at Mankato State College, October 28 and 29, 1966. (Mankato State College Studies, vol. 2 (1967) no. 1) (Mankato studies in English, 2) 


    16. 1968

  16. Luke, Helen M.: Choice in The Lord of the Rings. Three Rivers, Mich.: Apple Farm paper, 1968. 16 pp.
    Apple Farm group discussions, February, 1968. 
  17. Perspectives in Contemporary Criticism: A Collection of Recent Essays by American, English and European Literary Critics. Edited by Sheldon Norman Grebstein. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. xvii, 395 pp.
    See the contribution by W. H. Auden: "The quest hero", pp. 370-381. (Originally appeared in Texas quarterly, vol. 4 (1961), pp. 81-93.)
  18. Ready, William: The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry. Chicago: Regnery, [1968]. 184 pp. 21 cm.
    (hbk)
    Canadian edition: Vancouver: Copp Clark Publishing Co., [1968]. 184 pp. 21 cm.
    In COPAC is also listed a previous edition: Vancouver: Copp Clark, 1966. Pp. 3-96. 18 cm. (pbk)
    This edition, however, is missing from the National Library of Canada database .
    Reprinted as: Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. New York: Paperback Library, 1969. 96 pp. 18 × 11 cm. (Paperback library; 64-036)
    ISBN 0-446-64996-1 (pbk)
  19. Tolkien and the Critics: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Edited by Neil D. Isaacs and Rose A. Zimbardo. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, © 1968. [10], 296 pp.
    (hbk)
    ISBN 0-268-00279-7 (pbk. 20.5 × 13.5 cm)


    20. 1969

  20. An Afternoon in Middle Earth. Birmingham: Cannon Hill Trust, [1969]. 16 pp., ill.
    A programme pamphlet for an evening of lectures at Studio Theatre Midlands i Arts Centre, Cannon Hill, 30 November 1969.
  21. Carter, Lin: Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. [ix], 211 pp. 18 × 11 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-21550-8 (pbk): $0.95
    Hardback edition: New York: Tor Books, [January] 2003.
    ISBN 0-7653-0720-0 (hbk)
    For a revised edition see: Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings[2003 ed.].
    It is possible that the Tor Books edition above also has the revised text, but as I have not seen this edition I cannot state that with certainty.
  22. Luke, Helen M.: The King. Three Rivers, Mich.: Apple Farm Paper, 1969. 16 pp. 
    On Tolkien: pp. 4-16.
  23. Ryan, J. S.: Tolkien: Cult or Culture? Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England, 1969. xv, 253 pp., ill., ports. 25 cm.
    ISBN 0-85834-000-3
    Lectures presented at a seminar held in Armidale, May 23-25, 1969, under the auspices of the Department of University Extension of the University of New England.
    Selected Bibliography, pp. 229-253.
  24. Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Edited by Mark R. Hillegas. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press; London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons, 1969. xix, [1], 170 pp. 21.5 × 13 cm. (Crosscurrents) (Modern critiques)
    ISBN 0-8093-0384-1
    Revised edition: Shadows of Imagination [1979 ed.].
  25. Stimpson, Catherine: J.R.R. Tolkien. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1969. 48 pp. 20.5 × 13.5 cm. (Columbia essays on modern writers, no. 41)
    ISBN 0-23-103207-2 (pbk): $1.00
    Pp. 46-48: "Selected Bibliography".


    26. 1970

  26. Bergier, Jacques: Admirations. Paris: Bourgois, 1970. 315, [2] pp.
    See Chapitre VI: "J.R.R. Tolkien ou Le Seigneur des anneaux", pp. [171]-199.
    An article introducing Tolkien and his works for French readers (at this time only The Hobbit had been translated into French). Tolkien's great popularity is also discussed, and Bergier utters his hope that Tolkien would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  27. Ellwood, Garcia Fay: Good News from Tolkien's Middle-earth: Two Essays on the Applicability of The Lord of the Rings. Michigan: Eerdmans, 1970. 160 pp. 22 cm.
    The essays are entitled: "Everything is Alive: An Essay on Magic in Middle Earth and Elsewhere", pp. 11-83 & "The Good Guys: A Study in Christ-imagery", pp. 85-142.
  28. Higgins, James Edward: Beyond Words: Mystical Fancy in Children's Literature. New York: Teachers College Press, 1970. 112 pp. 19 cm.
    On George MacDonald, W.H. Hudson, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
  29. Narnia Conference: Narnia Conference Proceedings. Maywood, Cal.: The Mythopoeic Society, © 1970. 40 pp., ill.
    (pbk)
  30. Smith, Philip: The Lord of the Rings and other Bookbindings. Redhill, Surrey: C.P. Smith, 1970. 61 pp. 21 cm. (pbk)
    An English bookbinder who created bindings of The Lord of the Rings among other works.
    Another edition: London: C.P. Smith, 1970. 61 pp., ill. 21 cm. (pbk)
  31. West, Richard C.: Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1970. xvi, 73 pp. 22 × 14 cm. (The Serif Series: Bibliographies and Checklists, no. 11)
    SBN 0-87338-052-5
    For a revised version see: Tolkien Criticism [1981 ed.].
  32. Wilhelmi, Janusz: Słowa, rzeczy, krajobrazy.Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawiczy, 1970. 191 pp. 
    The book contains some 60 reviews of which "Sprojrzenie z zewnątrz" treats The Lord of the Rings. 


    33. 1971

  33. Foster, Robert: A Guide to Middle-Earth. Baltimore, Md.: The Mirage Press, 1971. xiii, 284, [7] pp., geneal. tables. 22.5 × 14.5 cm. (The Voyager Series, V-105) (The Anthem Series, A-1009)
    Paperback edition: New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. 283 pp., geneal. tables. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-24138-X (pbk)
    For a revised edition see The Complete Guide to Middle-earth from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion. 
  34. Imagination and the Spirit: Essays in Literature and the Christian Faith Presented to Clyde S. Kilby. Edited by Charles A. Huttar. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, © 1971. xvi, 496 pp. 23.5 × 15.5 cm. 
    (hbk): $9.95
    See the contribution by Marjorie Evelyn Wright: "The Vision of Cosmic Order in the Oxford Mythmakers", pp. 259-276. 
  35. Introduction to the Essay. [Compiled by] Edmund Fuller, O.B. Davis. New York: Hayden Book Co., [1971, © 1972]. 209 pp. 23 cm.
    See the contribution by Edmund Fuller: "The Lord of the Hobbits: J.R.R. Tolkien".
  36. Music Drama in Schools. Edited by Malcolm John. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1971. xii, 176 pp. (The Resources of Music Series, 4)
    ISBN 0-521-08003-7
    See the contribution by Paul Drayton & Humphrey Carpenter: "A Preparatory School Approach", pp. 1-19.
    On a musical dramatization of The Hobbit where has Drayton been the composer and Carpenter the librettist. On pp. 1-17 Drayton comments the music with numerous examples of score; on pp. 18-19 Carpenter comments the adaption and production. Tolkien's reactions are also noted (p. 12).
  37. Mythopoeic Conference (1: Los Angeles, Cal.: 1970): Mythcon I Proceedings. Los Angeles, Cal.: The Mythopoeic Society, 1971. 59 pp., ill. 28 × 21.5 cm.
    (pbk)
  38. Ready, William: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit: Notes. Toronto: Coles, © 1971. vi, 130 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm. (Coles notes)
    50 p. (pbk)
    Bibliography: pp. 128-130.
    Another edition: An Outline of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit. [Toronto]: Forum House, [1971]. vi, 130 pp. 22 cm.
  39. Reilly, Robert J.: Romantic Religion: A Study of Barfield, Lewis, and Tolkien. R.J. Reilly. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1971. x, 249 pp. 24 × 16 cm.
    ISBN 0-8203-0267-8 (hbk): $9.00
    See chapter 5, "J. R. R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings", pp. [190]-211.
  40. Urang, Gunnar: Shadows of Heaven: Religion and Fantasy in the Writing of J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Philadelphia, Pa.: United Church Press, © 1971. xvi, [1], 186 pp. 21.5 × 14.5 cm. (A Pilgrim Press Book)
    ISBN 0-8298-0197-9 (hbk)
    See chapters 3: "J.R.R. Tolkien: Fantasy and the Phenomenology of Hope", pp. 93-130, and 4: "Fantasy and the 'Motions of Grace'", pp. 131-170.
    Chapter 3 is a longer version of "Tolkien's Fantasy: the Phenomology of Hope" in Shadows of Imagination, pp. 97-110 [1969 ed.].
  41. Wollheim, Donald: The Universe Makers: Science Fiction Today. New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. vi, 122 pp. 21 cm.  
    British edition: London: Gollancz, 1972. vi, 122 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-575-01338-9
    See the chapter "Why Frodo lives", pp. 107-111.


    42. 1972

  42. Allan, James: A Glossary of the Eldarin Tongues.By James D. Allan. Orillia, Ontario: J. Allan, 1972. 51 pp. 21 cm.
  43. Davie, Donald: Thomas Hardy and British Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. viii, 192 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-19-501572-X
    British edition: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. viii, [2], 192 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-7100-7530-8
    British paperback edition: London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979. viii, 192 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-7100-0349-8
    See the chapter "Lucky Jim and the Hobbits", pp. 83-104. (On the poetry of Kingsley Amis and the reasons for the popularity of Tolkien's works, pp. 93-99).
  44. Evans, Robley: J.R.R. Tolkien. New York: Warner Paperback Library, 1972. 206 pp. 18 × 11 cm. (Writers for the Seventies, 4)
    ISBN 0-446-68988-2 (pbk): $1.50
  45. Kocher, Paul H.: Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. [7], 247 pp. 22 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-14097-8 (hbk): $5.95
    British edition: Master of Middle-earth: The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien. London: Thames and Hudson, 1973. 247 pp., 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-01095-1 (hbk)
    British paperback edition: Master of Middle-earth: The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien. Harmondsworth [etc.]: Penguin, 1974. 222 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-14-003877-9 (pbk)
    American paperback edition: New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. 233 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-27242-0 (pbk) New British paperback edition: Master of Middle-earth: The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien. London: Pimlico, [November] 2002. [7], 247 pp.
    ISBN 0-7126-3697-8 (pbk): £9.00
    New American paperback edition: New York: Del Rey, [August 2003]. [7], 247 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-46560-1 (pbk)
  46. Melmed, Susan Barbera: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Bibliography. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Dept. of Bibliography, Librainship and Typography, 1972. iv, 31, pp. 30 cm.
    (pbk)
  47. Mythopoeic Conference (2: Santa Barbara, Cal.: 1971): Mythcon II Proceedings. Los Angeles, Cal.: The Mythopoeic Society, © 1972. 39 pp., ill. 28 × 21.5 cm.
    (pbk)
    See contribution by Robert Foster: "The Heroic in Middle-earth", pp. 22-25.
  48. Ohlmarks, Åke: Sagan om Tolkien. Stockholm: Gebers, 1972. 245 pp. 18.5 × 11 cm. (En Geber-pocket)
    ISBN 91-20-05253-7 (pbk)
    Bibliography: 'Litteratur', pp. 237-242.
    Title in English translation: The Tolkien saga.
  49. Reading - Today and Tomorrow: Readings. Edited by Amelia Melnik and John Merrit for the Reading Developement Course at The Open University. London: University of London Press [for] the Open University Press, 1972. x, 508 pp., ill., facsims. 22 cm. (Open University)
    ISBN 0-340-16782-3 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-340-16783-1 (pbk)
    See the contribution by Colin Field: "Reading and child developement", pp. 285-290. (On Tolkien: pp. 286-288, about The Hobbit - concerning Bilbo and Gollum as characters, pp. 287-288).


    50. 1973

  50. Carter, Lin: Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy. New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. [8], 278 pp. 18 × 11 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-03309-4: $1.25 (pbk)
    See chapter 6: "The Inklings Produce a Classic: The Achievement of Tolkien and his Influence", pp. 109-130.
  51. Haughton, Rosemary: Tales From Eternity: The World of Fairytales and the Spiritual Search. New York: Seabury Press, 1973. 191 pp. (A Continuum book)
    ISBN 0-8164-9161-5
    British edition: London: Allen & Unwin, 1973. Pp. 3-191. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-298003-1
    Chapter 5: "The Quest", pp. 115-144 deals mainly with The Lord of the Rings.
  52. Miesel, Sandra: Myth, Symbol and Religion in The Lord of the Rings. Illustrated by Judith Weiss. Baltimore, Maryland: T-K Graphics, 1973. 71 pp. 22 cm.
    (pbk)
  53. Post, J.B.: An Atlas of Fantasy. Baltimore, Md.: Mirage Press, 1973. xi, 283 pp., maps. 28 × 22.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-88358-011-X (pbk)
    ISBN 0-88358-108-6 (hbk): $20.00
    For a revised edition see: An Atlas of Fantasy [1979 ed.].
    See the chapter "Middle-earth", pp. 155-163 (text p. 155, maps pp. 156-163).
  54. Rockow, Karen: Funeral Customs in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Baltimore: T-K Graphics, 1973. 25 pp. 22 cm.
    Reprinted from: Unicorn, vol. 3 (1973), no. 1, pp. 22-30 in which it appeared under the title "Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy".
  55. Sale, Roger: Modern Heroism: Essays on D.H. Lawrence, William Empson and J.R.R. Tolkien. Berkely, Cal.: University of California Press, 1973. xi, 261 pp.
    ISBN 0-520-02208-4
    On Tolkien: pp. 11-15, 249-255 & chapter IV: "Tolkien and Frodo Baggins", pp. 193-240.
  56. Wilson, Colin: Tree by Tolkien. London: Covent Garden Press: INCA Books, 1973. [3], 20 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-902843-62-1
    ISBN 0-902843-63-X
    Limited edition of 600 copies, of which 100 signed and numbered by the author.
    For a revised version see: Tree by Tolkien [1974 ed.]


    57. 1974

  57. Green, Roger Lancelyn: C.S. Lewis: A Biography. Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper. London: Collins, 1974. 320 pp. 22 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-00-216059-5 (hbk)
    With numerous references to Tolkien, the most extended passage on pp. 116-118 concerning his role in C.S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity.
  58. Helms, Randel: Tolkien's World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. xi, [4], 167 pp. 21 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-18490-8 (pbk): $3.95
    British edition, slightly shortened: London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. 160 pp. 21 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-01114-1: £2.95 (1975 reprint)
    British paperback edition: St Albans: Panther, 1976. 142 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-586-04365-9 (pbk)
    Cover title of this edition: Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World.
  59. Huttar, Charles A.: Inside Middle Earth: The Myth of the Underground in The Lord of the Rings. Holland, Mich.: Charles A. Huttar, 1974. 22 pp. 
  60. Luke, Helen M.: The Way of Women, Ancient and Modern. Three Rivers, Mich.: Apple Farm paper, 1974. vi, 109 pp.
    On Eowyn: pp. 1-18. 
  61. Miller, Stephen O.: Mithrandir. Baltimore, Md.: T-K Graphics, © 1974. 47 pp., ill.
    (pbk)
  62. Myth, Allegory and Gospel: An Interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien/C.S. Lewis/G.K. Chesterton/Charles Williams. By Edmund Fuller, Clyde S. Kilby, Russell Kirk, John Montgomery & Chad Walsh. Edited by John Warwick Montgomery, with Introduction, Revue Critique, and Unpublished Letter from C. S. Lewis to the Editor. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany Fellowship, © 1974. 159 pp.
    ISBN 0-87123-357-6 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-87123-358-4 (pbk. 21.5 × 14 cm): $2.95
    See the contribution by Clyde S. Kilby: "Mythic and Christian Elements in Tolkien", pp. 119-143.
    New edition: Newburgh, Ind.: Trinity Bible College and Trinity Theological Seminary, 1994. 159 pp.
    ISBN 1-885914-03-2 (pbk): $8.95
    Canadian edition: Edmonton: Canadian Institute for Law, Theology, and Public Policy Inc., 2000. 159 p. 21 cm.
    ISBN 1-896363-11-3 (pbk): CA$15.50
  63. Mythopoeic Conference (3: Long Beach, Cal.: 1972): Mythcon III Proceedings. Los Angeles, Cal.: The Mythopoeic Society, © 1974. 44 pp. 28 × 21.5 cm.
    (pbk)
    See contribution by Jim Allan: "The Decline and Fall of the Osgiliathian Empire", pp. 3-6, 32, 36).
  64. Noel, Ruth S.: The Languages of Middle Earth. Baltimore, Md.: Mirage, 1974. xxxix, 97 pp., ill. 22 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-88358-021-7 (pbk)
    A revised edition appeared in 1980.
  65. Perspectives of Roman Poetry: A Classics Symposium. Essays by Georg Luck... Edited and prefaced by G. Karl Galinsky. Austin, Tx.: Published for the College of Humanities and the College of Fine Arts of the University of Texas at Austin by the University of Texas Press, [1974]. 160 pp. 23 cm. (Symposia in the Arts and the Humanities, no. 1)
    ISBN 0-292-76420-0
    "Based on the formal proceedings 'Perspectives of Roman Poetry,' which was held at the University of Texas at Austin on February 14-16, 1972."
    See the contribution by Kenneth J. Reckford: "Some Trees in Virgil and Tolkien", pp. 57-91.
  66. Purtill, Richard L.: Lord of the Elves and Eldils: Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, © 1974. 211, [5] pp. 18 × 11 cm.
    (pbk): $1.50
    Pp. 197-201: "Basic Lewis-Tolkien Bibliography".
  67. Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium. Edited by Reginald Bretnor. New York: Harper & Row, 1974. ix, 342 pp.
    ISBN 0-06-010467-8
    See the contribution by Anne McCaffrey: "Hitch your dragon to a star", pp. 278-294.
  68. Smith, Philip: New Directions in Bookbinding. London: Studio Vista, 1974. 208 pp., ill. (some col.), facsims. 31 cm.
    ISBN 0-289-70324-7 (hbk)
    American edition: [New York]: Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1974]. 208 pp., ill. 31 cm.
    ISBN 0-442-27788-1 (hbk)
    This book contains many photographs of bindings of The Lord of the Rings by Philip Smith.    "
  69. Uyldert, Mellie: Symboliek van Tolkien's In de ban van de ring. [Omslag en illustraties van Elsje Zwart]. Deventer: Uitgeverij Ankh-Hermes, 1974. 128 pp., ill. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 90-202-4834-0 (pbk)
  70. Wilson, Colin: Tree by Tolkien. [Rev. ed.] London: Village Press, 1974. 30 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-904247-26-0 (pbk)
    American edition: Santa Barbera, Cal.: Capra Press, 1974, 47 pp., ill. (Capra chapbooks series)
    ISBN 0-912264-96-9 (pbk. 18 × 12.5 cm.)
    ISBN 0-912264-97-7 (hbk)
    With drawings by Caitlin Mackintosh. In the American edition the Introduction (pp. 3-7 in the British edition) appears as "Note on Tolkien", pp. 41-47.
    For the original edition see: Tree by Tolkien [1973 ed.].
  71. Zgorzelski, Andrzej: Kreacje Świata sensów: szkice o współczesnej powieści angielskiej. Łódź: Państwowe wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1975. 90 pp. (Lubelskie Towarzystwo Naukowe. Prace Wydziału Humanistycznego, 6) 
    Zł. 27.00. 
    The book contains four articles, which treat Golding, Ballard, T.H. White and Tolkien, respectively. The following article treats Tolkien: "Konwencje gatunkowe i rodzajowe w trylogii J.R.R. Tolkiena".


    72. 1975

  72. Allan, James: An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion. By Jim Allan. [Liverpool]: The Tolkien Society, [1975]. [2], 35 pp. 20.5 × 13.5 cm.  
    ISBN 0-905520-00-9 (pbk)
    "A Tolkien Society Publication"
    For a revised version see A Speculation on The Silmarillion.
  73. Begg, Ean C.M.: The Lord of the Rings and the Signs of the Times. London: Guild of Pastoral Psychology, 1975. 23 pp. (Guild of Pastoral Psychology Lectures, ISSN 0434-9253, no. 178)
    ISBN 0-85266-133-9 (pbk)
  74. Haarder, Andreas: Beowulf: The Appeal of a Poem. København: Akademisk forlag, © 1975. 340, [1] pp. 20 cm.
    ISBN 87-500-1519-2
    Diss.: Aarhus: Aarhus universitet.
    See Chapter 4: "The Consequences of Comprehensiveness", pp. 59-88 (on Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, pp. 63-65: comparisons to N.F.S. Grundtvig's articles); chapter 6: "Epic Dimensions", pp. 111-140 (pp. 118-119 comparisons to W.P. Ker); chapter 7: "A Work of Art", pp. 141-170 (on Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, pp. 148-170). 
  75. Manlove, C. N.: Modern Fantasy: Five Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. viii, 308 pp. 22 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-521-20746-0
    See chapter 1: 'Introduction', pp. 1-12 (on fantasy theory); chapter 5: "J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) and The Lord of the Rings, pp. 152-206 (notes pp. 284-289) and chapter 7: "Conclusion", pp. 258-261.
  76. Miller, Stephen O.: Middle Earth: A World in Conflict. Illustrated by James Shull. Baltimore, Md.: T-K Graphics, © 1975. 82 pp., ill. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    (pbk): $3.50
  77. Mroczkowski, Przemyslaw: Dżentelmeni i poeci: Eseje z literatury angielskiej. Kraków: Wydaw. Liter., 1975. 306, [2] pp.
    Zł. 45.00.
    See the chapter "Uczoność a wyobrażnia w Oksfordzie", pp. 278-307, an essay about C. S. Lewis and Tolkien.
    Title in English translation: Gentlemen and Poets: Essays on English Literature.
  78. A Tolkien Compass. Edited by Jared Lobdell. La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, © 1975 [January 1975]. [6], 201 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-87548-303-8 (pbk. 20.5 × 13.5 cm): $2.95
    ISBN 0-87548-316-X (hbk)
    "Including J. R. R. Tolkien's Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings"
    New paperback edition: New York: Ballantine Books, [June] 1980. [6], 216 pp. 18 × 10.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-28855-6 (pbk): $2.50
    A second, reset edition with a preface by Tom Shippey and a postscript by Jared Lobdell but without Tolkien's "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings" was published in 2003. See A Tolkien Compass [2003 ed.]


    79. 1976

  79. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 14th December - 27th February 1976-1977 and at The National Book League, 7 Albemarle Street, London W1, 2nd March - 7th April 1977. Oxford: The Ashmolean Museum; London: The National Book League, 1976. [40] pp., ill. 23.5 × 15.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-900090-42-1 (Ashmolean)
    ISBN 0-85353-251-6 (National Book League)
    Title on cover: Drawings by Tolkien.
  80. De Camp, L. Sprague: Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. Sauk City, Wisc.: Arkham House, 1976. xxix, 313 pp., [10] pp. of plates, photographs. 20.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-87054-076-9 (hbk): $10.00 
    See chapter 12: "Merlin in Tweeds: J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 215-251.
  81. Grotta-Kurska, Daniel: J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth: A Biography. Edited by Frank Wilson. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1976. 165 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 0-914294-29-6 (lib.bdg.): $9.80
    ISBN 0-914294-28-8 (pbk. 21 × 12.5 cm): $2.95
    For a revised edition see The Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth.
  82. Helms, Randel: Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World. See Tolkien's World.
  83. Irwin, W.R.: The Game of the Impossible: A Rhetoric of Fantasy. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1976. xii, 216 pp.
    ISBN 0-252-00587-2 (hbk)
    On Tolkien: chapter 10, pp. 160-166. 
  84. Kilby, Clyde S.: Tolkien & The Silmarillion. Wheaton, Ill.: Shaw, © 1976. 89 pp. 22 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-87788-816-7 (hbk): $3.95
  85. Morrison, Louise D.: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. New York: Monarch Press, © 1976. vi, 98 pp. (Monarch notes, 00971)
  86. Ohlmarks, Åke: Tolkien-lexikon: Med allt från Alvhem till Örtplyte. Stockholm: AWE/Gebers, 1976. 279 pp. 18.5 × 11 cm.
    ISBN 91-20-04793-2 (pbk)
    Bibliography: pp. 278-279.
    Title in English: A Tolkien Dictionary with Everything from Elvenhome to Mugwort.
  87. Palmer, Bruce: [Of Orc-rags, Phials & a Far Shore]: Visions of Paradise in The Lord of the Rings. Baltimore, Md.: T-K Graphics, © 1976. 29 pp. 21 × 13 cm.
    $2.00 (pbk)
    Main title from cover.
  88. Savater, Fernando: La infancia recuperada. Madrid: Taurus, 1976. 191 pp., ill. 21 cm. (Persiles, 98)
    ISBN 84-306-2098-2
    For chapter about Tolkien see the English translation, Childhood Regianed.
  89. Suitable for Children? Controversies in Children's Literature. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Tucker. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1976. 224 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-520-03236-5
    British edition: London: Chatto and Windus for Sussex University Press, 1976. 224 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-85621-048-X: £6.00
    See the contributions by Catherine Storr: "Why folk tales and fairy stories live forever", pp. 64-76, and Michael Wood: "Tolkien’s fictions", pp. 165-172.
  90. Tyler, J.E.A: The Tolkien Companion. Edited by S.A. Tyler. Illustrated by Kevin Reilly. London: Macmillan, 1976. 10, [1], 530, [1] pp., ill. 22 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-333-19633-3: £5.95
    For a revised edition see: The New Tolkien Companion. For a further revised edition see The Complete Tolkien Companion.


    91. 1977

  91. Allan, James: A Speculation on The Silmarillion. Baltimore, Md.: T-K Graphics, 1977. [23] pp. 21 × 14 cm.
    (pbk): $1.50
    A revised version of An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion.
  92. Brooke, Elise: Theology and Fantasy. Dublin and Cork: The Mercier Press, 1977. 83 pp. 18 × 11 cm. (Theology Today Series, 40)
    ISBN 0-85342-523-X (pbk)
    See chapter 4: "Middle Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 57-71 and "Conclusion", pp. 73-78. 
  93. Carpenter, Humphrey: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. London: Allen & Unwin, 1977. [11], 287 pp., [16] pp. of plates, photographs. 24 × 16 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-928037-6 (hbk): £4.95
    American edition: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. 286 pp., [8] pp. of plates, ill. 24 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-25360-8 (hbk)
    For a revised version see: Carpenter, Humphrey: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. [Rev.ed.]
  94. Hardy, Gene B.: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: Notes. Lincoln, Neb.: Cliffs Notes, © 1977. 75 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm
    ISBN 0-8220-1286-3 (pbk): $3.50
    E-book edition (Adobe Reader): Hungry Minds, [October] 1977. 429 KB
    ISBN B000066SRS: $5.99 (2002)
    The publishing date for the e-book edition must be in error in the amazon.com database as no e-books existed in 1977 and probably refers to the publishing date of the printed edition.
  95. Lochhead, Marion: The Renaissance of Wonder in Children's Literature. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977. xiii, 169 pp., ill. 22.5 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-903937-28-X: £4.00 
    The book contains three chapters on Tolkien: Chapter 12 : "The Tree of Fairy-tale: J.R.R. Tolkien and 'Fairy Stories', pp. 101-106, Chapter 13: "The Northern Nobility: Tolkien and Beowulf", pp. 107-111 & Chapter 14 : "Hobbits and Heroes", pp. 112-125 (on the role of the Hobbits in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings).
  96. Noad, Charles E.: The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings: A Discursive Enquiry into Things Little Known on Middle-earth. Harrow, Middx.: The Tolkien Society, 1977. [2], 44 pp. 21 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 0-905520-01-7 (pbk)
  97. Noel, Ruth S.: The Mythology of Middle-earth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. x, 198 pp. 21.5 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-25006-4 (hbk): $7.95
    Bibliography: pp. 192-193.
    British edition: London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. x, 198 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-01187-7 (hbk): £4.95
  98. Svensson, Ingvar: Tolkiens Midgård: En uppslagsbok. Stockholm: Skandinavisk förening för science fiction, 1977. 211 pp., ill. 18.5 × 11 cm.
    ISBN 91-85550-01-9 (pbk)
    Title in English translation: Tolkien's Middle-earth: A Dictionary.
  99. Tolkien, Christopher: The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien: A Brief Account of the Book and its Making. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977. [7] pp.
  100. Towards a Poetics of Fiction. Edited by Mark Spilka. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1977. xi, 359 pp., ill., 25 cm.
    ISBN 0-253-37500-2 (hbk): $12.50
    "Essays from Novel: A Forum on Fiction, 1967-1976."
    See the contribution by Elizabeth Kirk: "'I Would Rather Have Written in Elvish': Image, Fiction and The Lord of the Rings", pp. 289-302. (Originally appeared in Novel, vol. 5 (1971), pp. 5-18.)


    101. 1978

  101. Carpenter, Humphrey: The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends. London: Allen & Unwin, 1978. xiv, [i], 287 pp., [16] pp. of plates, photographs. 24 × 16 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-809011-5 (hbk): £6.50
  102. Eglerio! In Praise of Tolkien. Edited by Anne Etkin. Anne Etkin, C.S. Lewis, Nan C.L. Scott. Decorations and illustrations by Lucy Matthews. Greencastle, Penn.: Quest Communications, © 1978. 100, [2] pp., [8] pp. of plates.: ill. 20.5 × 13.5 cm.
    (pbk): $1.50
  103. Foster, Robert: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion. New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. xvi, 575 pp., geneal. tables. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-27975-1 (pbk)
    British edition: London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1978. xii, [i], 441, [8] pp. 19.5 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-803001-5 (pbk): £1.50
    ISBN 0-04-803002-3 (hbk)
    Revised edition of A Guide to Middle-Earth.
  104. Grotta, Daniel: The Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Penn.: Running Press, 1978. 197 pp.
    ISBN 0-89471-034-6 (lib.bdg.)
    ISBN 0-89471-035-4 (pbk. 25.5 × 17 cm): $4.95
    Revised edition of J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-earth: A Biography.
  105. An Introduction to Elvish and to Other Tongues and Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Edited and compiled by Jim Allan from his own researches and from those of Nina Carson, Björn Fromén, Chris Gilson, Alexandra Tarasovna Kiceniuk, Laurence J. Krieg, Paula Marmor, Lise Menn, Bill Welden, and others. Hayes, Middx.: Bran's Head Books, 1978. xxi, 303 pp. 21.5 × 14.5 cm
    ISBN 0-905220-10-2 (pbk)
  106. Mathews, Richard: Lightning from a Clear Sky: Tolkien, the Trilogy and The Silmarillion. San Bernadino, Cal.: The Borgo Press, 1978. 63 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm. (The Milford series) (Popular writers of today, 15)
    ISBN 0-89370-221-8 (pbk): $2.45
    Bibliographies: pp. 62-63.
  107. Obituaries from The Times. Reading: Newspaper Archive Development, 1975- .
    ISSN 0951-2284
    1971-1975: Including an Index to all Obituaries and Tributes appearing in The Times during the Years 1971-1975. Compiler: Frank C. Roberts. Reading: Newspaper Archive Development, © 1978. 647 pp.
    ISBN 0-903713-97-7 (Newspaper Archive Development)
    ISBN 0-930466-05-5 (Meckler Books)
    See the contribution "Professor J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Hobbits and Inventor of a New Mythology", pp. 532-533 and usually attributed to C.S. Lewis. The obituary originally appeared in The Times (London) on the 3rd September 1973.
  108. Ohlmarks, Åke: Tolkiens arv. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Plus, 1978. 204 pp. 21 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 91-7406-122-4 (pbk)
    Bibliography: pp. 203-204.
    Title in English translation: Tolkien's Inheritance.
  109. Rottensteiner, Franz: The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkien. New York: Collier Books, 1978. 160 pp., ill. 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-02-053560-0
    Bibliography: pp. 155-158.
    British edition: The Fantasy Book: The Ghostly, the Gothic, the Magical, the Unreal. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. 160 pp, ill. (some col.), map, ports., 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-27119-4 (pbk)
    On Tolkien: "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Realms of Middle-earth", pp. 96-98 (p. 96: The entrance to Erebor, p. 98: The Gate of Eregion).
  110. The Science Fiction Festival (1977: København): Vølve: Scandinavian Views on Science Fiction: Selected Papers from the Science Fiction Festival 1977. København: Engelsk institut ved Københavns universitet, 1978. 123 pp.
    See the contribution by Bent Nordhjem: "In the Quest of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: On the Interpretation and Classification of The Lord of the Rings", pp. 17-42.
  111. The Tolkien Scrapbook. Edited by Alida Becker. Illustrated by Michael Green. Color illustrations by Tim Kirk. Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, © 1978. 191 pp., [8] pp. of plates, ill. (some in color)
    ISBN 0-89471-083-4 (lib. bdg.)
    ISBN 0-89471-082-6 (pbk. 27 × 20.5 cm.): $7.95.
  112. Yates, Jessica: Tolkien in Oxford: The Tolkien Society Guide. Littlehampton, West Sussex: SONF Enterprises, 1978.
    Guide to places of interest in relation to Tolkien.


    113. 1979

  113. Andrews, Bart: The Tolkien Quiz Book: 1,001 Questions about Tolkien's Tales of Middle-earth and Other Fantasies. By Bart Andrews, with Bernie Zuber. New York: New American Library, 1979. [6], 154 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-451-08525-6 (pbk)
    "A Signet book."
    British edition: London: Sphere, 1979. 160 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-7221-1136-3 (pbk)
  114. Bratman, David S.: Notes From the Shire Records: A Bibliography of Books About J.R.R. Tolkien and his Works. Berkeley, California: D.S. Bratman, 1979. 9 pp.
    (pbk)
  115. Buchholz, Suzanne: The Middle-earth Quiz Book. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. xiii, 146 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-28428-7 (pbk): $3.95
    British edition: London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. xiii, 146 pp. 20.5 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-27189-5
  116. Comburg Papers in English Studies. W. Keutsch & R.O.U. Strauch, eds. Ludwigsburg, 1979. 389 pp. (Ludwigsburg studies in language and linguistics, 3)
    See the contribution by Wilifred Keutsch: "A Rich Passion for Extremes: Action-centered and Setting-centered Quest Stories", pp. 332-388. On The Lord of the Rings: pp. 334-348 (comparisons with Orlando Furioso, pp. 345-347). Comparisons between Tolkien and Walter Scott, pp. 365-368.
  117. Day, David: A Tolkien Bestiary. Illustrated by Ian Miller... London: Mitchell Beazley, 1979. 287 pp., ill. (some in colour) 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-85533-188-7
    American ed.: New York: Ballantine Books, 1979. 287 pp ., ill. (some in colour). 28 × 21.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-345-28283-3 (hbk)
    Canadian edition: [Madeira Park, B.C.]: Harbour Pub., [1984], © 1979. 287 pp., ill. (some col.) 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-920080-47-2 (hbk): Can$18.95
    British paperback edition: London : Emblem, 1985. 287 pp., ill. (some col.) 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-85533-414-2 (pbk) Reissued as: Characters from Tolkien. London: Bounty Books, [October] 2001. 287 pp.
    ISBN 0-7537-0561-3 (pbk): £5.95
  118. J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam. Edited by Mary Salu and Robert T. Farrell. Ithaca, N.Y. and London: Cornell University Press, 1979. 325 pp., 23.5 × 16 cm.
    ISBN 0-8014-1038-X
  119. Fricker, Robert: The Unacknowledged Legislators: Ausgewählte Aufsätze zur englischen Literatur. Herausgegeben von Werner Senn und Dimiter Daphinoff. Bern: Francke, © 1979. 235 pp. (Schweizer anglistische Arbeiten, 98)
    ISBN 3-7720-1450-X 
    See the essay: "The Lord of the Rings: Aktualisierung einer untergehenden Welt", pp. 202-231.
  120. Grant, Patrick: Six Modern Authors and Problems of Belief. London: Macmillan, 1979. x, 175 pp.
    ISBN 0-06-492515-3 (hbk)
    On Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves, David Jones, Owen Barfield, Michael Polanyi and Tolkien. See chapter 5: "Belief in Fantasy: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings", pp. 93-121.
  121. Le Guin, Ursula K.: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Edited and with introductions of Susan Wood. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. 270 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-399-12325-3
    Bibliography of author's works: pp. 237-270.
    Paperback edition: New York: Putnam/Perigee, 1980.
    New paperback edition: New York: Berkley Books, 1981. [8], 262 pp. 17.5 × 10.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-425-05205-2 (pbk): $2.75
    For a revised edition see: The Language of the Night [1989 ed.]
  122. The Mankato Papers. Union Lake, Michigan: The American Tolkien Society, 1979. [5], 100 pp.
    "An American Tolkien Society Publication".
    Originally published as The Tolkien Papers.
  123. Marquette University. Memorial Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien manuscript collection, ca. 1930-: 20 boxes and oversize material comprising 9.8 cubic feet. Wisconsin: Marquette University, [1979?]. 54 pp.
    Marquette's collections of manuscripts are described in great detail in this catalogue. They comprise 8827 pp. of manuscripts and galley sheets of which 1607 pp. concerned with The Hobbit, 187 pp. with Farmer Giles of Ham, 6925 pp. with The Lord of the Rings and 187 pp. with Mr. Bliss.
  124. Myhre, Øyvind: Magiske verdener: Fantasilitteraturen fra Gilgamesj til Richard Adams. Oslo: Cappelen, 1979. 143 pp. 18.5 × 12 cm. (Uglebøkene, 174)
    ISBN 82-02-04294-1: NOK 47.00. 
    Tolkien is treated chiefly in 10: "De store mestere" ("The great masters"), pp. 81-89 (see pp. 81-84). A short biography of Tolkien and a description of Tolkien's main works.
    The book also contain a great number of comparisons beteween Tolkien and other writers.
  125. Nietzsche, Jane Chance: Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England'. London: Macmillan, 1979. ix, [i], 164 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-312-80819-4
    American edition: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. ix, [i], 164 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-312-80819-4 $18.90
    Paperback edition: London: Papermac, 1980.
    ISBN 0-333-29034-8 (pbk. 21.5 × 13.5 cm): £2.95
    For a revised edition see:     Tolkien's Art [2001 ed.]
  126. O'Neill, Timothy R.: The Individuated Hobbit: Jung, Tolkien and the Archetypes of Middle-earth. With 13 ill. [by the author]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. xv, [5], 200 pp., ill. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-28208-X
    British edition: London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. xv, [v], 200 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-01237-7 (hbk): £6.95
  127. Petty, Anne C.: One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology. Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, © 1979. [vi], 122 pp. 22 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-8173-7328-4 (hbk)
    For a revised edition see: One Ring to Bind Them All [2002 ed.].
    Probably based on Petty's Ph. D. Thesis (Florida State University, 1972), The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse, iii, 144 leaves.
  128. Post, J.B.: An Atlas of Fantasy. Rev. ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1979. xiv, 210 pp., maps. 21.5 × 28 cm.
    ISBN 0-285-62424-5 (pbk)
    For the original edition see: An Atlas of Fantasy [1973 ed.].
    See the chapter "The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 88-95 (text p. 88, maps pp. 89-95).
  129. Romantropologie: Essays over antropologie en literatuur. Onder redactie van Jan van Bremen, Sjaak van der Geest en Jojada Verrips. [Amsterdam]: Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1979. v, 147 pp. 30 cm. (Uitgave. Vakgroep Culturele Antropologie en Niet-Westerse Scociologie Algemeen, Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 16)
    See the contribution by Willem de Blécourt: "De antropologië van Faërie: enkele beschouwingen over het werk van J.R.R. Tolkien".
  130. Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Edited by Mark R. Hillegas. New ed. with an afterword on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion by Peter Kreeft. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. xvii, 190 pp. (Crosscurrents) (Modern critiques)  
    ISBN 0-8093-0897-5 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-8093-0908-4 (pbk. 20 × 12.5 cm)
    Original edition: Shadows of Imagination [1969 ed.]
  131. Il superuomo e i suoi simboli nelle letterature moderne, VI. [Scritti di] Angelica Palumbo... Prefazione di Elémire Zolla. Firenze: La nuova Italia, 1979. 168 pp. (Facoltá di magistero dell'Università di Genova. Istituto di lingue e letterature straniere, 11)
    L 2500. 
    See the contribution by Carla Giannone: "Il superuomo di Tolkien", pp. 139-150.
    Title of book in English: The Superman and his Symbols in the Modern Literature, VI.
    Title of article in English: "The Superman in Tolkien".
  132. Tyler, J.E.A.: The New Tolkien Companion. Illustrated by Kevin Reilly. 2., (rev.) ed. London: Macmillan, 1979. xiii, 651 pp. ill., 1 geneal. table, maps. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-333-27532-2
    Paperback edition: London: Picador, 1979. xiii, 649, [2] pp. 19.5 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 0-330-25801-X (pbk): £2.95
    Revised edition of The Tolkien Companion. For a further revised edition see The Complete Tolkien Companion.
  133. Zipes, Jack: Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. London: Heinemann, 1979. xix, [3], 201 pp., ill. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-435-82985-8 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-435-82986-6 (pbk)
    American edition: Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. xix, 201 pp. ill. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-292-70725-8
    American paperback edition: New York: Routledge, 1992. xix, [3], 201 pp., ill. 22 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-415-90719-5 (pbk)
    For a revised edition see Breaking the Magic Spell [2002 ed.] See chapter 5: "The Utopian Function of Fairy Tales and Fantasy: Ernst Bloch the Marxist and J.R.R. Tolkien the Catholic", pp. 129-159.


    134. 1980

  134. Aspects of Tragedy in the Twentieth Century English and American Literature. Pod redacją Marii Łobzowskiej. Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski, 1980. 99 pp. (Prace historycznoliterackie, 15) (Prace naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 351) 
    See contribution by Andrzej Wicher: "The Disturbed Utopia of The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Revel [sic] Tolkien: (An Essay on the Understanding of Tragicality)", pp. 76-86.
  135. Attebery, Brian: The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature from Irving to LeGuin. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, © 1980. viii, 212 pp. 24 cm.
    ISBN 0-253-35665-2 (hbk)
    See the chapter: "After Tolkien", s. 154-186.
    Attebery sees Tolkien as an influence on Andre Norton, Peter Beagle and, above all, on Ursula K. LeGuin.
  136. Carpenter, Humphrey: The Lord of the Rings: Souvenir Booklet Commemorating Twenty Five Years of its Publication. London: Allen & Unwin, © 1980. [16] pp. 18 × 11.5 cm.
    (pbk)
  137. Kocher, Paul H.: A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. [7], 286 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-28950-5 (hbk): $8.95
    British edition: London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. [7], 286 pp. 21.5 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-14022-7 (hbk)
  138. Meyers, Walter E.: Aliens and Linguistics: Language Study and Science Fiction. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, © 1980. [xi], 257 pp. 24 × 16 cm. (South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award Study)
    ISBN 0-8203-0487-5
    Pp. 227-248: Bibliography.
    On Tolkien: p. 54: On man's wish to able to talk with animals (in 4: "Resident Aliens: Monkeys and Marine Mammals", pp. 53-68), pp. 148-158: On Tolkien's languages, mainly Quenya with a translation of "Namárie" (in 10: "A History of Linguistics in Science Fiction. I", pp. 146-170).
  139. Noel, Ruth S.: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. [10], 207 pp. 19 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-29129-1 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-395-29130-5 (pbk. 18.5 × 11.5 cm.)
    Revised edition of a book originally published in 1974.
  140. Petzold, Dieter: J.R.R. Tolkien: Fantasy Literatur als Wunscherfüllung und Weltdeutung. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1980. 124 pp. 19.5 × 12.5 cm. (Forum Anglistik)
    ISBN 3-533-02850-X (pbk)
  141. Polia, Mario: Omaggio a J.R.R. Tolkien: fantasia e tradizione. Cur. A. Morganti. Rimini: Cerchio, 1980. 81 pp.
    L 4000.00.
    Not seen.
    Title in English: Homage to J.R.R. Tolkien: Fantasy and Tradition    .
  142. Rogers, Deborah Webster: J.R.R. Tolkien. By Deborah Webster Rogers and Ivor A. Rogers. Boston: Twayne, 1980. 164 pp. 21 × 14 cm. (Twayne's English authors series, TEAS 304)
    ISBN 0-8057-6796-7 (hbk)
    Pp. 151-158: Selected Bibliography.
  143. Young Adult Literature: Background and Criticism. Compiled by Millicent Lentz and Ramona M. Mahood. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 1980. viii, 516 pp. 23.5 × 15.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-8389-0302-9
    See the contribution by Robert Sklar: "Tolkien and Hesse: Top of the Pops", pp. 418-424. (Reprinted from: The Nation, vol. 204, 1967, pp. 598-601.)


    144. 1981

  144. Anderson, Poul: Fantasy. With an Afterword by Sandra Miesel. [S.l.]: Tom Doherty Associates; New York: Distributed by Pinnacle Books, © 1981. 334 pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-523-48515-8 (pbk): $2.50.
    See the chapter: "Fantasy in the age of science", pp. 265-286 (pp. 273-277 on The Lord of the Rings and to some extent also about The Silmarillion).
  145. Asimov, Isaac: Asimov on Science Fiction. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981. 334 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 0-385-17443-8: $14.95
    British edition: London, New York: Granada, 1983. 334 pp. 23 cm.
    ISBN 0-246-12044-4: £7.95
    Contains 55 essays, of which "The Ring of Evil", pp. 276-280, deals with Tolkien.
  146. Brooke-Rose, Christine: A Rhetoric of the Unreal: Studies in Narrative and Structure, Especially of the Fantastic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. vii, 446 pp.
    ISBN 0-521-22561-2 
    See the chapter: "The Evil Ring: Realism and the Marvellous", pp. 233-255 (revised version of an article earlier published in Poetics today, vol. 1 (1980), no. 4, pp. 67-90).
  147. Crabbe, Kathryn F.: J.R.R. Tolkien. New York: Ungar, 1981. viii, 192 pp.
    ISBN 0-8044-2134-X (hbk)
    ISBN 0-8044-6091-4 (pbk. 19.5 × 12 cm): $4.95
    For a revised edition see  J.R.R. Tolkien [1988 ed.]. 
  148. Davenport, Guy: The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays. San Francisco, Calif.: North Point Press, 1981. x, 384 pp.
    ISBN 0-86547-000-6 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-86547-001-4 (pbk)
    British edition: London: Pan Books, 1984. x, 384 pp.
    ISBN 0-330-28416-9 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-330-28415-0 (pbk. Picador. 19.5 × 13 cm.)
    See the essay "Hobbitry", pp. 336-338. (Reprint of "Hobbits in Kentucky" from New York Times, 23 February 1979).
  149. Fonstad, Karen Wynn: The Atlas of Middle-earth. Boston, Md.: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. xiv, [1], 208 pp., maps. 28.5 × 21.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-395-28665-4
    For the revised edition see: The Atlas of Middle-Earth, [1992 ed.]
  150. Foster, Robert: Teacher's Guide to The Hobbit. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981. 40 pp.
    ISBN 0-345-30384-9
    Not seen. The ISBN above belongs according to Amazon.com to an edition published in September 1984.
  151. Giddings, Robert & Holland, Elizabeth : J.R.R. Tolkien: The Shores of Middle-earth. London: Junction Books, 1981. x, 289 pp.
    ISBN 0-86245-018-7 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-86245-022-5 (pbk. 21.5 × 13.5 cm.)
  152. Green, Bill: Tolkien: Master of Fantasy. Charlotteville, N.Y.: SamHar Press, 1981. 29 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm. (Outstanding Personalities, 91)
    ISBN 0-87157-591-4 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-87157-091-2 (pbk)
  153. Helms, Randel: Tolkien and the Silmarils. Boston, Md.: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. viii, 104 pp.
    ISBN 0-395-29469-X
    British edition: London: Thames and Hudson, © 1981. xiii, 104 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-500-01264-4 (hbk): £5.50
  154. Homenaje a Esteban Pujals Fontrodona. [Ed. Antonio Garnica]. Oviedo: Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Oviedo por Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, [1981]. [212] pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 84-7468-063-8
    See the contribution by José Luis Caramés Lage & Carmen Martin Suarez: "J.R.R. Tolkien y la literatura fantastica actual". (The book is unpaginated. The present contribution consists of twelve pages.)
    Title of book in English: A Homage to Esteban Pujals Fontrodona. Title of article in English: "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Modern Fantastic Literature".
  155. Inglis, Fred: The Promise of Happiness: Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. xiv, 333 pp.
    ISBN 0-521-23142-6
    1. paperback ed.: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xiv, 333 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-521-27070-7 (pbk)
    See chapter 8: "Cult and Culture: A Political-Psychological Excursus", pp. 182-210. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are discussed on p. 191-200. Inglis is critical to The Lord of the Rings, especially its style, and finds The Hobbit far more satisfying.
  156. Lobdell, Jared: England and Always: Tolkien's World of the Rings. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, © 1981. xiv, 94 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-8028-1898-6 (pbk)
    157. For a revised edition see: The World of the Rings: Language, Religion, and Adventure in Tolkien.
  157. Ridden, Geoffrey: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit: Notes. Harlow, Essex: Longman; Beirut: York Press, 1981. 70 pp. 21 × 14 cm (York notes, 121)
    ISBN 0-582-78230-9 (pbk): 90 p.
    Title on cover: Notes on The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    Title on spine: York Notes on The Hobbit.
  158. Robinson, Nigel & Wilson, Linda: The Tolkien Quiz Book. London: Star, 1981. 115 pp. 18 × 11 cm (A Star book)
    ISBN 0-352-30951-2 (pbk): £1.25
  159. Strachey, Barbara: Journeys of Frodo: An Atlas of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1981. [109] pp., mainly maps in colour. 19 × 24.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-912011-5 (pbk)
  160. Toijer-Nilsson, Ying: Fantasins underland: myt och idé i den fantastiska berättelsen. Stockholm: EFS-förlaget, 1981. 238 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 91-7080-482-6 (pbk)
    See chapter 7: "De nya mytiska världarna: J.R.R. Tolkien och Inklingarna", pp. 63-77.
    Title of book in English translation: The Wonderland of Fantasy: Myth and Idea in the Fantastic Tale.
    Title of chapter 7 in English translation: "The New Mythic Worlds: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings".
  161. Tolkien: New Critical Perspectives. Edited by Neil D. Isaacs and Rose A. Zimbardo. Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky, 1981. [7], 175 pp. 22 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 0-8131-1408-X
  162. Was ist heute noch links? Herausgegeben von Eberhard Knödler-Bunte unter Mitarbeit von Gerhard Bott und Alexander Ris. Berlin: Ästhetik-und-Kommunikation-Vlg, 1981. 240 pp., ill. 21 cm. (Ästhetik und Kommunikation: Akut, 6)
    ISBN 3-88245-206-4: DEM 24.00.
    See contribution by Rolf Schwendter: "Notate zu Tolkien und der Linken", pp. 137-144.
    Titles: What is Still Left Today? and "Notes on Tolkien and the Left".
  163. West, Richard C.: Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. Rev. ed. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, © 1981. xiv, [1], 177 pp. 23.5 × 15.5 cm. (The Serif Series: Bibliographies and Checklists, no. 39)
    ISBN 0-87228-256-0 (hbk)
    For the original edition see: Tolkien Criticism [1970 ed.].


    164. 1982

  164. Antiik- ja väliskirjanduse probleeme: müüt ja reaalsus = Problemy antičnoj i zarubežnoj literatury: mif i real'nost'. [Redaktsioonikolleegium: H. Peep...] Tartu, 1982. 156 pp. (Töid romaani-germaani filoloogia alalt = Trudy po romano-germanskoj filologii) (Kirjandusteadus = Literaturovedenie) (Tartu riikliku ülikooli toimetised = Učenye zapiski Tartuskogo gosudarstvennego universiteta = Acta et commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis, ISSN 0494-7304, 626)
    (pbk): 1 rub. 40 kop.
    See the contribution by Lauri Linask: "Myth and Reality in the Literary Works of J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 14-25. (On "On Fairy-Stories".)
    Title in English: Problems of Ancient and Foreign Literature: Myth and Reality.
  165. Bradfield, Julian C.: A Dictionary of Quenya and of Proto-Eldarin, with an Index. Compiled by J.C. Bradfield from the Published Works of the Late J.R.R. Tolkien. [Cambridge]: [Christ's College]: [Julian Bradfield], 1982. [40] leaves.
    For the second edition see A Dictionary of Quenya [1983 ed.]
  166. Les Cahiers de l'imaginaire. No. 6, Dossier J. R. R. Tolkien. [Sous la direction de] D. Couegnas. Laillé: Société des Cahiers de l'Imaginaire, 1982. 68 pp.
  167. Erzählforschung: Ein Symposion. Herausgegeben von Eberhard Lämmert. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1982. xvi, 729 pp. (Germanistische Symposien - Berichtsbände, 4)
    ISBN 3-476-00472-4 
    See contribution by Rainer Wimmer: "Aus Namen Mythen machen: zu Tolkiens fiktionaler Welten", pp. 552-567.
    Title in English: "Making Myths out of Names: On Tolkien's Fictional World".
  168. Gray, Douglas: A Marriage of Mercury and Philology: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered before the University of Oxford on 21 May 1981. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. 27 pp.
    ISBN 0-19-951535-2 (pbk.)
    DG is the first holder of the chair in English language and literature named after Tolkien. The lecture contains, accordingly, several references to Tolkien: on Tolkien's valedictory lecture in 1959 (p. 3 - about having something to say), on his lectures on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in 1920 (p. 19), on his chairs from 1925 to 1959 (pp. 20-23 - remembrances and anecdotes from this time and also about his scholary writings).
  169. Great Fantasy Stories: Model Interpretations: James Thurber, Edward Lear, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Washington Irving, Maurice Sendak, English Folktales. Edited by Reinbert Tabbert. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: Klett, 1982. 155 pp.
    ISBN 3-12-577230-3
    A teacher's guide to the anthology Great Fantasy Stories.
  170. Das grosse Buch der Fantasy. Herausgegeben von Michael Gördern. Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe, 1982. 523 pp., ill. (Bastei-Lübbe-Paperback, 28 102)
    ISBN 3-404-28102-0 (pbk)
  171. Jönsson, Åke: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980: Verk av och om J.R.R. Tolkien = A Tolkien Bibliography 1911-1980: Writings by and about J.R.R. Tolkien. Borås, 1983. xvi, 146, [1] pp. (Specialarbete. Högskolan i Borås. Institutionen bibliotekshögskolan, ISSN 0347-1128, 1982:76)
    (pbk)
    With parallel text in Swedish and English.
    Also distributed as: Malmö: [Å. Jönsson], 1983. xvi, 146, [2] pp.
    The variance in the pagination is caused by the second version containing a page with corrections pasted into the book.
    For later editions see: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1984 ed.] and En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1986 ed.].
  172. Lewis, C.S.: Of This and Other Worlds. Edited by Walter Hooper. London: Collins, 1982. 192 pp. 21 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-00-215608-3 (hbk): £7.95
    American edition: On Stories and Other Essays. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1982.
    British paperback edition: London: Collins: Fount, 1984. 192 pp., 18 cm.
    ISBN 0-00-626545-6 (pbk)
    New British paperback edition: London: Fount, 2000. 166 pp., 20 cm.
    ISBN 0-00-628142-7 (pbk)
    See the contributions: "The Hobbit", pp. 110-111 (reprint of "A World for Children", Times Literary Supplement, October 2, 1937, p. 714), and "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings", pp. 112-121 (concatenation of "The Gods Return to Earth" (originally review of The Fellowship of the Ring, Time and tide, vol. 35, 1954, pp. 1082-1083) and "The Dethronement of Power" (originally review of The Two Towers and The Return of the King, Time and tide, vol. 36, 1955, pp. 1373-1374)).
  173. Lewis, W.H.: Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis Edited by Clyde S. Kilby and Marjorie Lamp Mead. 1. ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Harper & Row, 1982. xxiv, [4], 308 pp., [16] leaves of plates: ill.
    ISBN 0-06-064575-X (hbk)
    Subtitle on cover: An Intimate Portrait of C.S. Lewis.
    Dates below refer to diary entries, except in one or two cases when W.H. Lewis (WHL) recorded events several days afterwards. If that is the case more than one date appear in an entry.
    1. On Tolkien: p. 96 (dinner at Pembroke College, 25th January 1933);
    2. p. 105-106 (dinner at Exeter College as the guest of Tolkien and Hugo Dyson, 26th July 1933);
    3. p. 125 ("Tolkien came to tea", 23rd November 1933);
    4. p. 126 (about "Errantry", 30th November 1933);
    5. p. 127 ("Confound Tolkien! I seem to see less and less of J. every day.", 4th October 1933);
    6. p. 144 (about plans to see Wagner's Der Walküre together with Tolkien, 24th March 1934);
    7. p. 145 (T, C.S. Lewis and WHL are reading the text of Der Walküre in English and German, 26th March 1934);
    8. p. 172-173 (Tolkien broke a ligament in his leg while playing squash, 1st February 1936);
    9. p. 182 (about the death of Charles Williams - "Inklings can never be the same again", 15th May 1945);
    10. p. 184-185 (about a conversation with Tolkien on Tolkien's domestic life, 11 December 1945 and on p. 185 an account of a three-day vacation in Fairford);
    11. p. 189 (meeting at the Bird and Baby, 2nd August 1946);
    12. p. 194 (Tolkien read "a magnificent myth which is to knit up and concludes his Papers of the Notions Club." [possibly refers to "Imram"], 22nd August 1946);
    13. p. 195 (meeting of the Inklings, 19th September 1946);
    14. p. 196-197 (Inklings - WHL praises The Lord of the Rings, 24th October 1946);
    15. p. 198 (Inklings - Christopher Tolkien reads The Lord of the Rings even with Tolkien present, 6th February 1947);
    16. p. 200 (Inklings - Hugo Dyson excercises a veto against reading The ord of the Rings, 24th April 1947);
    17. p. 203 (WHL recieves a letter from Tolkien, 2th July 1947);
    18. p. 204 (WHL recieves installments of The Lord of the Rings while being treated for his alcoholism in Drogheda, 4th July 1947);
    19. p. 205 (WHL recieves a theological letter from Tolkien, 9th July 1947);
    20. p. 205 (WHL answers Tolkien's letter, 11th July 1947);
    21. p. 206 (WHL compares The Lord of the Rings to William Morris's Glittering Plain, 18th July 1947);
    22. p. 207-208 (a vacation in Malvern together with CSL and Tolkien; Tolkien accompanies them on walks from 5th to 8th August 1947, but finds it difficult to keep up with their pace because of his biological and entomological interests);
    23. p. 210 (Inklings - Tolkien talks about the early history of Sweden, 4th October 1947);
    24. p. 211 (Inklings, 9th October 1947);
    25. p. 212 (Inklings - Tolkien reads LR, "but I think we all missed Christopher's reading", 23rd October 1947);
    26. p. 214 (Bird and Baby, 11th November 1947);
    27. p. 214-215 (Inklings - "Tollers read a rich melancholy poem on autumn, which J. aptly described as 'Matthew Arnold strayed into the world of Hobbit'", 13th November 1947);
    28. p. 215 (Bird and Baby, 18th November 1947);
    29. p. 216 (Inklings, 27th November 1947);
    30. p. 217 (Inklings, 1st January 1948);
    31. p. 218 (Inklings, 26th February 1948);
    32. p. 218-219 (Inklings party, with a ham from Warfield M. Firor as one of its attractions (see back cover to Humphrey Carpenter's The Inklings), 11th March 1948);
    33. p. 219 (Bird and Baby, 16th March 1948);
    34. p. 219 (Inklings, 18th March 1948);
    35. p. 220; p. 231 (WHL has finished The Lord of the Rings in MS and praises it, 12th November 1949);
    36. p. 232 (about Tolkien's false teeth, 4th April 1950);
    37. p. 235 (Bird and Baby - "the question was propounded whether Tollers' voice production or Hugo's hand writing gave more trouble to their friends, J 'Well, there's this to be said for Hugo's writing, there's less of it.'", 19th September 1950);
    38. p. 242; p. 243 (Farewell dinner to CSL by the English Faculty, 9th December 1954);
    39. p. 261 (The Lord of the Rings has sold one million copies in the U.S.A. and WHL feels a "swift and unworthy pang of envy that his success should have so far exceeded anything that ever came J's way"; Clyde S. Kilby helps Tolkien with S, 26th June 1966);
    40. p. 265-266 (Kilby wants to photograph Warninghall "being the scene of Tolkien's Farmer Giles", 19th August 1966);
    41. p. 268 (on Charles Moorman's The Precincts of Felicity being "on the whole a silly book", 5th January 1967);
    42. p. 272 (on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 10th August 1967);
    43. p. 300 (on the death announcement of Mrs. Tolkien, 30th November 1971).
  174. Lodigiani, Emilia: Invito alla lettura di J.R.R. Tolkien. Milano: Mursia, © 1982. 196, [1] s. (Invito alla lettura. Sezione straniera, 39)
    (pbk): L 4500
    Later edition, possibly revised: 2. ed. Milano: Mursia, 1990. 204 pp. 17 cm. (Invito alla lettura. Sezione straniera, 39)
    ISBN 88-425-0275-8
  175. Neoplatonism and Christian Thought. Edited by J. O'Meara. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press for International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, 1982. 297 pp. (Studies in Neoplatonism, Ancient and Modern)
    ISBN 0-87395-492-0
    See contribution by M.C. Rose: "The Christian Platonism of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams", pp. 203-212.
  176. Ohlmarks, Åke: Tolkien och den svarta magin. Stockholm: Sjöstrand, 1982. 142 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 91-7574-053-2 (hbk)
    Title in English translation: Tolkien and the Black Magic.
  177. Pesch, Helmut W.: Fantasy: Theorie und Geschichte einer literarischen Gattung. Forchheim: [H.W. Pesch], 1982. xi, 292 pp.
    (pbk): DEM 15.00.
    Diss. Köln: Univ., 1981.
    S. 215-278: "Auswahlbibliographie zur Fantasy-Literatur."
    S. 279-292: "Bibliographie der behandelten Arbeiten."
    Pesch treats Tolkien and MacDonald extensively, but also discusses works by H. Rider Haggard, William Morris, Lord Dunsany, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J.B. Cabell, David Lindsay, E.R. Eddison, R.E. Howard, T.H. White, Mervyn Peake, Fletcher Pratt, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Peter S. Beagle.
    For a later edition see Fantasy: Theorie und Geschichte.
  178. The Romantic Presence. Armand E. Singer, editor-in-chief. John Luchok, University Editor; The Board of Editors: Porter P. Conerly... Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 1982. iv, 161 pp. (Philological Papers, vol. 28)
    "The present issue of the West Virginia University Philological Papers is devoted exclusively to the publication of a selection from papers read at West Virginia University's Fifth annual Colloquium on Modern Literature: The Romantic Presence, September 11-13, 1980."
    See the contribution by Michael Kent Havens: "Tolkien's Green Earth: Coleridge's Natura Naturans Realized", pp. 127-131.
  179. Savater, Fernando: Childhood Regained: The Art of the Storyteller. Translated by Francis M. López-Morillas. New York: Columbia Unversity Press, 1982. xv, 208 pp. (European Perspectives)
    ISBN 0-231-05320-7 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-231-05321-5 (pbk. 23 × 15 cm.)
    Title of the Spanish original: La infancia recuperada.
    Tolkien is treated in chapter 10: "Among the Fairies", pp. 123-137. There are notes to the chapter on p. 203.
  180. Shippey, T.A.: The Road to Middle-Earth. London: Allen & Unwin, 1982. xii, 252 pp. 22.5 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-809018-2 
    For a revised edition see: The Road to Middle-earth [1992 ed.].


    181. 1983

  181. Bauer, Hanspeter: Die Verfahren der Textbildung in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit. Bern: Lang, 1983. [6], vii, 260 pp. 21 × 15 cm. (Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe 14, Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur, 122)
    ISBN 3-261-03350-9 (pbk): SFR 54.80.
    Title in English: Methods of Text-composition in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
  182. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. Department of Local History: J.R.R. Tolkien & Sarehole Mill. [Text by Stuart Davies]. [Birmingham]: The Publications Unit, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery for the Department of Local History, [1983]. [6] pp. (folder), ill. 21 × 10 cm.
    About Tolkien's childhood in Sarehole (there is nowadays a museum in Sarehole Mill in which a part of the exhibits deals with Tolkien, hence the publishing of this folder).
  183. Bradfield, Julian C.:A Dictionary of Quenya: And Proto-Eldarin and Ante-Quenya: With an Index. Compiled by J.C. Bradfield from the works of the late J.R.R. Tolkien. 2. ed. [Cambridge]: [J.C. Bradfield], [1983]. [48] pp. 28 cm.
    For the first edition see A Dictionary of Quenya [1982 ed.]
  184. Children's Novels and the Movies. Edited by Douglas Street. New York: Ungar, © 1983. 304 pp., ill.
    ISBN 0-8044-2840-9 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-8044-6883-4 (pbk)
    See contribution by Gene B. Hardy: "More than a magic ring", pp. 131-140.
    On Rankin-Bass's film based on The Hobbit. Hardy finds that it has not succeeded in depicting the character developement of Bilbo.
  185. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, Mich.: Gale.
    Vol. 15: British Novelists, 1930-1959. Edited by Bernard Olney. 1983. 2 vol. (713 pp.), ill.
    ISBN 0-8103-1637-4
    See contribution by Augustus M. Kolich: "J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 520-530.
  186. Edwards, Malcolm: Realms of Fantasy. Malcolm Edwards & Robert Holdstock. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983. 120 pp., ill. (mainly in colour). 28 × 25 cm.
    ISBN 0-385-18888-9: $17.95. 
    See "Introduction", pp. 4-9; Chapter One: "Middle Earth" (illustrated by Paul Monteagle), pp. 11-22; Chapter Six: "Atlantis" (illustrated by Chris Foss), pp. 70-75 (on Númenor, pp. 74-75); Chapter Eight: "Earthsea" (illustrated by Stephen Bradbury; monochrome by Mark Harrison), pp. 87-97 (several comparisons to Tolkien).
  187. Flieger, Verlyn: Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, © 1983. xx, [i], 167 pp. 21 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 0-8028-1955-9 (pbk): $6.95.
    For a revised edition see: Splintered Light [2002 ed.]
  188. J.R.R. Tolkien: This Far Land. Edited by Robert Giddings. London: Vision Press, 1983; Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble, 1984. 206 pp., 22.5 × 14.5 cm. (Critical Studies Series)
    ISBN 0-85478-355-0 (UK): £13.95
    ISBN 0-389-20374-2 (US)
  189. Kranz, Gisbert: Tolkien: Leben - Werk - Wirkung: Ausstellung der Inklings-Gesellschaft für Literatur und Ästhetik e.V. Aachen: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Stadt Aachen, 1983. 14 pp. 21 × 15 cm.
  190. De Mijnen van Moria: Essays over J.R.R. Tolkien. Met illustraties van Marvano en Chris Vandendriessche. Antwerpen: EXA, © 1983. 103 pp., ill. 21 × 13.5 cm. (HEXA, ISSN 0771-0909, 14)
    ISBN 90-7053-053-1 (pbk)
  191. Ohlmarks, Åke: Stora frågesportboken: Rolig läsning för blivande allvetare. Stockholm: Nyblom, 1983. 220 pp. 22 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 91-85040-77-0 (hbk)
    See the section "Tolkiens sagovärld", pp. 25-36 (answers, pp. 37-57; "Tolkien's fairyworld"). The section contains 400 questions and the book a total of 2328.
    Title in English translation: The Big Quiz Book: Funny Reading for the Prospective Know-it-all.
  192. Palusci, Oriana: John R.R. Tolkien. Firenze: La Nuova Italia, [1983]. 167 pp. 17 cm. (Il Castoror, 191)
    Bibliography: pp. 151-163.
    Not seen.
  193. Santoyo, Julio-César: John R.R. Tolkien. Julio-César Santoyo, José Miguel Santamaria. 1 ed. Barcelona: Barcanova, © 1983. 142 pp., ill. 18.5 × 12.5 cm. (El autor y su obra, 24)
    ISBN 84-7533-084-3 (pbk)
    Bibliography: pp. 139-142.
  194. Scandinavian Symposium on Syntactic Variation (2: Stockholm: 1982): Papers from the Second Scandinavian Symposium on Syntactic Variation, Stockholm May 15-16, 1982. Editor: Sven Jacobson. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1983. 176 pp., diagr., tables. 24 × 16.5 cm. (Stockholm Studies in English, ISSN 0346-6272, 57)
    ISBN 91-22-00603-6 (pbk): SEK 80.00.
    See the contribution by Nils-Lennart Johannesson: "On the Use of Syntactic Variation in The Lord of the Rings", pp. 135-151.
  195. Schuchart, Max: Tolkien: In de ban van zijn werk. Utrecht: Spectrum, © 1983. 15, [1] pp., ill. 18 × 10.5 cm. (Prisma pocket)
    (pbk)
    Tolkien's visit to the Netherlands is treated on pp. 1-4; pp. 4-6 deals with Tolkien's popularity, pp. 6-7 with Tolkien and translators and finally pp. 7-16 with Tolkien's life and work in general.
    The title of the Dutch translation of The Lord of the rings is In de ban van de Ring.
  196. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. Edited by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, © 1983. 5 vols.
    ISBN 0-89356-450-8: $250.00.
  197. Tolkien: Herdenkingsnummer van Lembas, orgaan van het Tolkiengenootschap Unquendor. Den Haag: Sirius et Siderius, 1983. 102, [4] pp. 20 × 12.5 cm.
    ISBN 90-644-1053-4 (pbk)
  198. WHIM Conference (1982 : Tempe, Ariz.): The Language of Humor and the Humor of Language: Proceedings of the 1982 Western Humor and Irony Membership Conference. Ed. by Don L.F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Tempe, Ariz.: Western Humor and Irony Membership Conference, 1983. (Western Humor and Irony Membership Serial Yearbook, ISSN 0737-0342, 1 (1983))
    See contribution by Thomas S. Donahue: "Tolkien's Elvish".
    Not seen.
  199. Wilson, Anne: Magical Thought in Creative Writing: The Distinctive Roles of Fantasy and Imagination in Fiction. South Woodchester, Stroud, Glos.: Thimble Press, 1983. 156 pp. 20 × 12.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-903355-09-4 (hbk): £10.95
    See 4: "The Lord of the Rings", pp. 70-81, and 6:II: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Lord of the Rings", pp. 107-113.


    200. 1984

  200. La Destra radicale. Una ricerca di F. Ferraresi... A cura di Franco Ferraresi. Milano: Feltrinelli, 1984. 288 pp. 22 cm.
    ISBN 88-07-11002-4: L. 22 000.00.
    According to Roger Griffin: "Revolts Against the Modern World: The Blend of Literary and Historical Fantasy in the Italian New Right" (Literature and history, vol. 11 (1985), pp. 101-123) this book deals with various currents of the extreme right in Italy, and Tolkien's place in these is treated on pp. 119-135 and 192-193. Griffin does not mention the titles or authors of these passages.
    Not seen.
  201. Dolitsky, Marlene: Under the Tumtum Tree: From Nonsense to Sense: A Study in Nonautomatic Comprehension. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Penn.: Benjamins, 1984. [vii], 119 pp. (Pragmatics & beyond, ISSN 0166-6258, 5:1)
    ISBN 0-915027-39-9 (U.S.A.)
    ISBN 90-272-2534-6 (Europa)
    On nonsense literature and the interpretations a number of adults and children had when reading the texts ("Namárie" and Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky").
    See chapter 5: "The unknown language", pp. 73-91. This chapter contains examples of tries to "translate" the text by simply equating words that are homonymous. It also relates for what children have read into "Namárie" and finally readers' responses to "Namárie" are compared to those of "Jabberwocky".
  202. Fantasists on Fantasy: A Collection of Critical Reflections by Eighteen Masters of the Art. Edited by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski. New York, N.Y.: Avon, 1984. [13], 287 pp. 17.5 cm. (Discus)
    ISBN 0-380-86553-X (pbk): $3.95.
    The book contains two works by Tolkien: "Fantasy" and "To W.H. Auden". Tolkien is treated in the "Introduction" (pp. 1-11) where the various contributions are compared and commented upon; "John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)" (pp. 75-77), a short biography with comments to the two contributions by Tolkien; "Peter S. Beagle (1939-)" (pp. 125-128) in which his contribution on Tolkien is commented upon on p. 127-128; Peter S. Beagle: "Tolkien's magic Ring" (pp. 128-136 - a reprint from Holiday, vol. 39, pp. 128, 130, 133-134); Ursula K. LeGuin: "Dreams must explain themselves" (pp. 184-194 - a reprint from The Language of the Night); LeGuin's "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" (pp. 195-209 - also reprinted from The Language of the Night).
  203. Giaccherini, Enrico: Il Cerchio magico: il romance nella tradizione letteraria inglese. Roma: Ed. di storia et letteratura, 1984. 182 pp. 21 cm.
    ISBN 2-284-01051-2: 39.64€
    According to the record in the Bibliothèque nationale de France database, www.bnf.fr this books treats symbolism in Tolkien's works and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight apart from being a general study of themes and motifs in the medieval English romance.
  204. Hetmann, Fredrik: Die Freuden der Fantasy: Von Tolkien bis Ende. Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien: Ullstein, September 1984. 142 pp. 18 × 12 cm.
    ISBN 3-548-36506-X (pbk): DEM 7.80
    See chapter 1: "Die Klassiker der Fantasy-Literatur", pp. 27-74, the section "J.R.R. Tolkien und seine Mittelerde", pp. 34-42.
  205. J.R.R. Tolkien, der Mythenschöpfer. Herausgegeben von Helmut W. Pesch. Meitingen: Corian-Vlg Wimmer, © 1984. 192 pp. 21 times 14,5 cm. (Edition Futurum, 5)
    ISBN 3-89048-205-8 (pbk)
  206. Jönsson, Åke: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980: Verk av och om J.R.R. Tolkien = A Tolkien Bibliography 1911-1980: Writings by and about J.R.R. Tolkien. Örebro: [Å. Jönsson], 1984. xvi, 146, [1] pp.
    Med svensk och engelsk parallelltext.
    In this edition a number of errors have been corrected, mainly erroneous cross references. The page of corrections pasted into the book (cf. 1982 ed.) has in this edition been edited into the text of p. 147.
    For the original edition see: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1982 ed.]. For a further revised edition see: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1986 ed.].
  207. Koolen, Ben: Erebor en Dol Goldur, twee queesten, een krijgsplan, [of: hoe Gandalf, Thorin en Bilbo om de tuin leidt, de Witte Raad naar zijn hand zet en zijn eigen plan doorzet.] [S.l.]: [B. Koolen], 1984. 13, [1] pp. 21 × 15 cm. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 2])
    Reprinted with minor corrections in Lembas, nr 17, 1985, pp. 3-8.
  208. Koolen, Ben: Vergelijkbaar citeren. 1984. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 1])
    Not seen. I do not know to what extent this edition differs from the revised edition, but the comparisons in that to editions from 1986 of De Hobbit and In de ban van de Ring cannot have been included in the present edition.
    Title in English: Quoting Comparably.
  209. Koolen, Ben: Het Zuyderland en zijn bewoners. Rijswijk: [B. Koolen], 1984. 26 pp. 21 × 15 cm. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 3])
    Reprinted in Lembas-extra, 1985, pp. 59-72. Here the indexes are lacking, however.
    Title in English: Sutherland and its Inhabitants.
  210. Kranz, Gisbert: Tolkien: Leben-Werk-Wirkung: Ausstellung. Duisburg: Universität Duisburg, 1984. 9 pp.
  211. Kranz, Gisbert: Tolkien: Leben, Werk, Wirkung: Ausstellungskatalog. Bochum: Stadtücherei Bochum, 1984-1985. 13 pp.
  212. LACUS Forum (10: Quebec: 1983): The Tenth LACUS Forum, 1983. Edited by Alan Manning, Pierre Martin, Kim McCalla. 1. ed. Columbia, S.C.: Hornbeam Press, © 1984. ix, 530 pp.
    ISBN 0-917496-24-8
    See the contribution by Helmut W. Pesch: "The Language of Imagination: A Linguistic Appraisal of Literary Fantasies", pp. 47-56.
    Phonological, morphological, pragmatic and graphemic qualities of Tolkien's invented languages are discussed on pp. 51-55. This section forms part of "J.R.R. Tolkiens linguistische Ästhetik" (J.R.R. Tolkien, der Mythenschöpfer) in a revised version.
  213. Little, Edmund: The Fantasts: Studies in J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, Nikolay Gogol and Kenneth Grahame. Amersham: Avebury, 1984. viii, 136 pp. 21.5 × 13.5 cm
    ISBN 0-86127-212-9 (pbk): £12.00.
    Tolkien is treated in chapter 1: "The making of other worlds", s. 1-12; chapter 2: "J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973): Middle-earth", pp. 13-38 (there are comparisons with Carroll and Grahame); chapter 7: "The Otherness of Other Worlds", pp. 105-123; chapter 8: 'Epilogue', pp. 124-128.
  214. Lundberg, Erik: Drömmar i det förflutna: Berättelser - essäer - kåserier. Lund: Settern, 1984. 163, [1] pp. 18 cm.
    ISBN 91-7586-163-1 (hbk)
    See the essay "Den vita stjärnan bortom Ephel Duath", pp. 155-[164] (reprint of "Den vita stjärnan över Ephel Duath: en studie över J.R.R. Tolkiens Sagan om Ringen", Studiekamraten, 62 (1980), nr 8, pp. 9-10)
    Title of book in English translation: Dreams in the Past: Tales - Essays - Causeries.
    Title of essay in English translation: "The White Star above Ephel Duath". (Title of earlier version: "The White Star beyond Ephel Duath: A Study of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings".)
  215. Popular Fiction and Social Change. Edited by Christopher Pawling. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 246 pp.
    ISBN 0-312-63034-4 (hbk): $25.00.
    See the contribution by D. Glover: "Utopia and Fantasy in the late 1960s: Burroughs, Moorcock, Tolkien", pp. 185-211.
  216. Purtill, Richard L.: J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth, Morality, and Religion. 1st ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Harper & Row, 1984. xi, 154 pp. 21.5 × 14.5 cm
    ISBN 0-06-066712-5 (hbk): $12.95.
    New edition: Foreword by Joseph Pearce. San Francisco, Calif.: Ignatius Press, [March] 2003. xvi, 207 pp. 20 × 13.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-89870-986-7 (pbk): $12.95.
    Joseph Pearce's foreword appears on pp. ix-xii.
  217. Ridden, Geoffrey: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings: Notes. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1984. 73 pp. 21 × 14 cm (York Notes, 230)
    ISBN 0-582-79232-0 (pbk): 99 p.
    Title on cover: Notes on The Lord of the Rings.
    Title on spine: York Notes on The Lord of the Rings.
  218. Rossi, Lee D.: The Politics of Fantasy: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, © 1984. 143 pp. 23.5 × 15.5 cm (Studies in Speculative Fiction, no. 10)
    ISBN 0-8357-1597-3 (hbk.): $24.95.
    Probably a revised version of LDR's doctoral dissertation, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, 1972, 264 pp.
  219. Santoski, T.J.R.: Catalogue of an Exhibit of the Manuscripts of JRRT. [Prepared by T.J.R. Santoski. Held at] Marquette University, Memorial Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 12-23, 1983. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Marquette University Department of Special Collections and University Archives, [1984]. [4], v, 31 pp., ill. 21.5 × 13.5 cm.
    (pbk)
    The exhibition took place in connection with the conference "The Road Goes Ever On", September 15-17, 1983. The catalogue describes the 70 exhibits, of which 10 were connected with The Hobbit, 7 with Farmer Giles of Ham, 6 with Mr. Bliss and 47 with The Lord of the Rings.
  220. Swinfen, Ann: In Defence of Fantasy: A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945. London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. x, 253 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-7100-9252-2 (pbk): £6.95.
    See especially chapter 4: "Secondary worlds", pp. 75-99 in which The Lord of the Rings is compared to C.S. Lewis's Narnia books, Ursula K.LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy and Lloyd Alexander's Prydain cycle.


    221. 1985

  221. Broberg, Jan: I fantasins världar. Göteborg: Zindermans, 1985. 159, [1] pp., ill. 21.5 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 91-528-0445-3 (hbk)
    See [chapter 11]: "Tillsammans med Tolkien", pp. 93-99, which is a heavily revised version of "'Sagan om ringen' ingen allegori: ff-författaren vill ge avkoppling" ("'The Lord of the Rings' is no Allegory: The Author of F[antasy] F[iction] Wants to Give Relaxation"), Kvällsposten (Malmö), 27 July 1961.
    Title of book in English: In the Worlds of Fantasy.
    Title of interview in English: "Together with Tolkien".
  222. Crawford, Edward: Some Light on Middle-earth: The Use of Scientific Techniques of Social Analysis to Reveal the Nature of the World of the Free Peoples. Pinner: The Tolkien Society, 1985. xiii, 46 pp. 20.5 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-905520-02-5 (pbk): £2.50.
    The chapter "A political economy of the Shire" + Appendix 1 & 2 is a reprint in slightly revised form of "A Marxist Look at Middle Earth; or, The Political Economy of the Shire" (Mallorn, no. 9 ([1975]), p. 30) and "A Note on the Population and Settlement of Bree" (Mallorn, no. 9 ([1975]), p. 30). Appendix 3: "Speeds" is a reprint of "Speeds" (Amon Hen, no. 25 (1977), pp. 6-8)
  223. Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Edited by Carl B. Yoke and Donald M. Hassler. 1. pr. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. viii, [i], 235, [1] pp. 24 × 16 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 13)
    ISBN 0-313-23279-2: $35.00.
    See contribution by Robert Crossley: "A long day's dying", pp. 57-70.
  224. Edelson, Maria: Allegory in English Fiction of the Twentieth Century. Łódź: Uniwersytet Łódźki, 1985. 209, [2] pp. 24 × 17 cm. (Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria, ISSN 0208-6085, 15)
    (pbk): ZŁ. 150.00.
    Pp. [199]-206: Bibliography.
    See Chapter V: "Allegory, Allegoresis and the Fairy Story: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings", pp. 109-134. This chapter is a revised, enlarged and rearranged version of "Mechanisms of Allegorical Evocation in J.R.R. Tolkien's Trilogy The Lord of the Rings" (Studia Filologiczne, R. 8 (1979), pp. 3-25).
    The other authors treated in the book are: C.S. Lewis (The Pilgrim's Regress), George Orwell (Animal Farm), E.M. Forster (The Other Side of the Hedge), William Sansom (The Long Sheet), T.F. Powys (Mr Weston's Good Wine), Rex Warner (The Aerodrome), and William Golding (Pincher Martin).
  225. Elgin, Don D.: The Comedy of the Fantastic: Ecological Perspectives on the Fantasy Novels. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. [11], 204 pp. 22 cm. (Contributions in the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 15)
    ISBN 0-313-23283-0 (hbk): $29.95.
    See especially 2: "J.R.R. Tolkien", pp. 31-59. There are comparisons between Tolkien and other authors throughout the book. (Elgin also treats C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Frank Herbert, and Ursula K. LeGuin)
  226. Harvey, David: The Song of Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien's Themes, Symbols and Myths. London: Allen & Unwin, 1985. xiv, [1], 143 pp. 22.5 × 14.5 cm.
    ISBN 0-04-809023-9: £10.95.
  227. International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (1: 1980: Boca Raton, Fla.): The Scope of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film. Edited by Robert A. Collins and Howard D. Pearce. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. 2 vols.
    ISBN 0-313-22547-8
    Vol. 1, Theory, Technique, Major Authors. xii, 295 pp. 24 × 16 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 10)
    ISBN 0-313-23447-7
    See the contribution by D.A. Burger: "Tolkien's Elvish Craft and Frodo's Mithril Coat", pp. 255-262.
    Vol. 2, Culture, Biography, Themes, Children's Literature. xii, 284 pp. 24 × 16 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 11)
    ISBN 0-313-23448-5
    See the contribution by David Stevens: "Trolls and Dragons Versus Pocket Handkerchiefs and 'Polite Nothings': Elements of the Fantastic and the Prosaic in The Hobbit", pp. 249-255.
  228. Kongreß der Phantasie (1: Passau: 1984). Passau, 1985. ii, 172 pp. (Fantasia, 23)
  229. Koolen, Ben: Straft het kwaad zichzelf? Saurons jacht op de Ring. 1985. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 5])
    Repr. as: "Saurons jacht op de Ring: straft het kwaad zichzelf?" (Lembas-extra, ISSN 0167-823X, 1986, pp. 19-27).
    Not seen.
    Title in English: Does Evil Punish Itself?: Sauron's Hunt for the Ring.
  230. Kragh, Bodil: "Heorot Revisited": Håbløshed og heltemod: Brugen av Beowulf - som literatur og i literatur - i det tyvende Århundrede, med hovedvægt på J.R.R. Tolkiens forfatterskab. Odense: Udgivelseudvalget under Odense Universitets Konsistorium, 1985. [1] p., pp. [1]-122, 122a, [123]-139. (Udgivelseudvalgets samling af studenterafhandlinger, 26)
    ISBN 87-766-18-3 (pbk): DKR 35.00.
    Originally: Speciale Odense : Odense universitet. Engelsk institut, 1983.
    In the publ. an erroneous ISBN is given: 87-766-18-3.
    Pp. 123-135: Bibliography.
    Pp. [136]-139: Appendiks.
    About Tolkien: pp. 21-84. Besides Tolkien John Fowles, John Gardner and William Golding are treated.
    Title in English: "Heorot revisited": Hopelessness and Heroism: The Use of Beowulf - As Literature and in Literature - In the Twentieth Century, Stressing the Authorship of Tolkien.
  231. Mythopoeic Conference (16: 1985: Wheaton, Ill.): Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the Mythopoeic Society, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 26-29 July 1985. Wheaton, Ill.: The Convention, © 1985. [3] leaves, 330 pp.
  232. Pienciak, Anne: J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, © 1985. 138 pp. (Barron's book notes)
    ISBN 0-8120-3523-2
    Not seen.
  233. Punter, David: The Hidden Script: Writing and the Unconscious. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985. ix, 193 pp. 22 × 14 cm.
    ISBN 0-7100-9951-7: £14.95.
    See chapter 9: "Some cultural materials", pp. 154-174, the section "J.R.R. Tolkien and the legendary", pp. 157-161.
  234. Stableford, Brian: Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950. New York: St. Martin's Press, © 1985. 360 pp.
    ISBN 0-312-70305-8
    British edition: London: Fourth Estate, 1985. [384] pp.
    ISBN 0-947795-85-5
    See Chapter 8: "After the holocaust" contains a passage about C.S. Lewis (pp. 288-299) where his and Tolkien's mutual interest in myths is treated on pp. 289-291.
  235. Touchstones: Reflections on the Best in Children's Literature. [Edited by Perry Nodelman]. West Lafayette, Ind.: ChLA Publishers for Children's Literature Association, © 1985-1989. 3 vols.
    Vol. 1. © 1985. vi, 309 pp. 22 × 14.5 cm.
    An erroneous ISBN is given in the publication: 0-318-1834-3.
    See the contribution by C.W. Sullivan III: "J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: The Magic of Words", pp. 253-261.
    The book contains 28 contributions, each devoted to one author. The following fantasy authors are treated: Lloyd Alexander (Prydain), Lewis Carroll (Alice), Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows), Rudyard Kipling (Mowgli), Madeleine l'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), C.S. Lewis (Narnia), George MacDonald (Princess), A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh), Edith Nesbit (The Story of Treasure Seekers), Mary Norton (The Borrowers) och T.H. White (The Sword in the Stone).
  236. The Transcendent Adventure: Studies of Religion in Science Fiction/Fantasy. Edited by Robert Reilly. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. x, 266 pp. 22 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 12)
    ISBN 0-313-23062-5
  237. Žanrovoje svojeobrazije literatury Anglii i Sša XX veka. Celjabinsk: Mežvuz, 1985.
    See the contribution by S. Košelev: "Žanrovaja priroda Pvelitelja kolec Dž.R.R. Tolkijena", pp. 39-58.
    Title in English: "The Genre Nature of The Lord of the Rings".


    238. 1986

  238. Approaches to Teaching Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Edited by Miriam Youngerman Miller and Jane Chance. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1986. xii, 256 pp. (Approaches to teaching masterpieces of world literature, 9)
    ISBN 0-87352-491-8 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-87352-492-6 (pbk. 22.5 × 15 cm.)
    The size figure applies to the paperback edition
  239. Clausen, Christopher: The Moral Imagination: Essays on Literature and Ethics. 1. ed. Iowa City, Iowa: Univ. of Iowa Press, 1986. xii, 195 pp.
    ISBN 0-87745-151-6 (hbk): $18.95.
    See 3: "Home and Away", pp. 39-50 (p. 43 quote from "On Fairy-Stories" about escape, pp. 48-49 comparisons between H and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, and pp. 49-50 about examples in LR of the chapter's theme) and 5: "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Monsters and the Critics", pp. 86-109 (three themes: the polarized views on LR among critics, the moral views of LR and finally comparisons between LR and George Orwell's 1984).
  240. Congreso Internacional sobre la Juglaresca (1: 1986: Patronato "Arcipreste de Hita"): La juglaresca: Actas del I Congreso Internacional sobre Juglaresca. Dirección: Manuel Criado de Val, con el patrocinio de la Excma. Diputación Provincial de Guadalajara. Madrid: EDI-6, 1986. x, 759 pp. 23 × 17 cm. (Historia de la literatura hispánica desde sus fuentes, 7)
    ISBN 84-85786-94-7
    At head of title: Patronato "Arcipreste de Hita".
    See the contribution by Jorge Norberto Ferro: "La juglaresca primitiva como recurso relevante en la estructura de El señor de los anillos, de J. R. R. Tolkien", pp. 699-703.
    Treats according to MLA (1988:I:5554): "Narrative technique; relationship to troubadours".
  241. Diakonia: Studies in Honor of Robert T. Meyer. Edited by Thomas Halton and Joseph P. Williman. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, © 1986. xiii, 348 pp. 24 × 16 cm.
    ISBN 0-8132-0596-4
    See contribution by Verlyn Flieger: "Naming the Unnameable: The Neoplatonic 'One' in Tolkien's Silmarillion", pp. 127-132.
  242. Einhaus, Barbara: The Lord of the Rings: Logik der kreativen Imagination. München: tuduv-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1986. [8], 239 pp. (tuduv-Studien. Reihe Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, 21)
    ISBN 3-88073-217-5 (pbk): DEM 37.80.
    Title in English: The Lord of the Rings: The Logic of Creative Imagination.
  243. Hidal, Sten: Kelter, dystre domprosten och Tolkien: Nio essäer med engelska motiv. Vejbystrand: Catholica, 1986. 108, [1] pp. 20 × 13 cm.
    ISBN 91-86428-08-X (pbk): SEK 65.00.
    See the essay "Kristendom och mytologi: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien och kretsen kring dem", pp. 92-[105], reprinted from Signum, Årg. 11, 1985, pp. 75-81 without the notes.
    Title of the book in English: Celts, the Glum Dean and Tolkien: Nine Essays with English Motifs.
    Title of the essay in English: "Christianity and Mythology: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Circle round them".
  244. International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (2: 1981: Boca Raton, Fla.): Aspects of Fantasy: Selected Essays from the Second International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film. Edited by William Coyle. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1986. ix, 250 pp. 24 × 16 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 19)
    ISBN 0-313-24608-4 (hbk)
  245. International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (3: 1982: Boca Raton, Fla.): Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film. Edited by Jan Hokenson and Howard Pearce. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1986. xiv, [i], 262 pp. 24 × 15.5 cm. (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISSN 0193-6875, 20)
    ISBN 0-313-25035-9 (hbk)
  246. Johnson, Judith A.: J.R.R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1986. viii, 266 pp. 24 × 16 cm. (Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, ISSN 0742-6801, 8)
    ISBN 0-313-25005-7 (hbk): $35.00.
  247. Jönsson, Åke: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980: Verk av och om J.R.R. Tolkien = A Tolkien Bibliography 1911-1980: Writings by and about J.R.R. Tolkien. Uppsala: [Å. Jönsson], 1986. xvi, 146, [1] pp. 30 × 21 cm.
    (pbk)
    With parallel text in Swedish and English.
    For the original edition see: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1982 ed.]. For the second edition see: En Tolkienbibliografi 1911-1980 [1984 ed.].
  248. Koolen, Ben: Christelijke invloeden op de beschrijver van Midden-Aarde, J.R.R. Tolkien. Rotterdam: Ben Koolen, [1986?]. 28 pp.
    NLG 3.50.
    Not seen.
    Title in English: Christian Influences on the Describer of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien.
  249. Koolen, Ben: Inleiding in de ardalogie: Een prove. Rotterdam: [B. Koolen], 1986. 32 pp. 21 × 15 cm. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 6])
    An attempt at systematising ardaology as a science going through important source texts among Tolkien's own works.
    Title in English: Introduction to [the Study of] Ardaology: An Experiment.
  250. Koolen, Ben: Midden-aarde tussen Eden en Ur: christelijke invloeden op de beschrijver van Midden-aarde J.R.R. Tolkien. Rotterdam: B. Koolen, 1986. 28 pp. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 7])
    Possibly a (revised?) ed. of Christelijke invloeden op de beschrijver van Midden-aarde, J.R.R. Tolkien.
    For a revised edition see Midden-aarde tussen Eden en Ur [1987 ed.] Source: list of parts in the series in Ben Koolen: Rhovanion.
    Not seen.
    Title in English: Middle-earth between Eden and Ur: Christian Influences on the Describer of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien.
  251. Koolen, Ben: Vergelijkbaar citeren. Herziene uitg. Rotterdam: [B. Koolen], 1986. [12] pp., tab. 21 × 15 cm. ([Gele Tolkien-reeks, 1])
    P. [12]: Reprint of René Fransen: "Verwijzingen naar passages uit Tolkien's werk" (Lembas, nr 11 (1983), p. 34)
    For an earlier edition see Vergelijkbaar citeren [1984 ed.].
    Consists of page comparisons on a chapter basis between British editions (mainly in paperback) and Dutch translated editions of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
    Title in English: Quoting Comparably.
  252. Marquette University. Memorial Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Collection, 1911-: Manuscripts, ca. 1930-1955: Printed Literature, 1911-. Wisconsin, Ill.: [The Univ.]
    Series 1-4: Inventory to Manuscripts. [S.a.] 39 pp. 28 × 21.5 cm.
    Revised ed. of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Manuscript Collection, ca. 1930- . The preface states that the original inventory was put together by Kathleen G. Hughes, Judith Jablonski och Kathleen Johnson Reck in 1978 to 1979 and that a revision was made in 1982 by Terry Margherita with the consultation of T.J. Santoski. On p. 39 is said: "updated and revised 11/82". Whether this refers to the entire inventory or just this page is unclear, it cannot however have been printed before this date. My copy was acquired in July 1987, and the catalogue does not include the manuscripts pertaining to early versions of The Lord of the Rings that Christorpher Tolkien has added to the collection at this time and later.
    Series 5-7: Inventories to Printed Literature. [S.a.] [19] leaves. 28 × 21.5 cm.
    Series 5 comprises articles, theses, clippings, calendars, gramophone records, and books by and about Tolkien. Series 6 consists of journals published by Tolkien societies. Series 7, finally comprises poems and scholary articles, and copies of letters from Tolkien. This inventory was acquired in July 1987. This version cannot have been put together before autumn 1986 since the last issue of Weathertop listed is no. 4 (Autumn 1986).
  253. Morse, Robert E.: Evocation of Vergil in Tolkien's Art: Geritol for the Classics. Oak Park, Ill.: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1986. ix, 66 pp.
    ISBN 0-86516-175-5 (hbk): $19.00.
    ISBN 0-86516-176-3 (pbk. 20.5 × 13.5 cm.): $9.00.
  254. Poe and our Times: Influences and Affinities. Edited by Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV. Baltimore, Md.: The Edgar Allan Poe Society, © 1986. [9], iii, 156 pp.
    ISBN 0-9616449-0-7 (hbk)
    See the contribution by Carol Marshall Pierce: "'In the Perilous Realm': The Fantastic Geographies of Tolkien and Poe", pp. [124]-136.
  255. San José Villacorta, María del Pilar: La literatura fantástica de J.R.R. Tolkien. 1a ed. Léon: Universidad de Léon, Servicio de Publicaciones, [October] 1986. [27] pp. 21 × 15 cm.
    ISBN 84-600-4657-5
    Diss.: Univ Léon (extract).
    Title in English: The Fantastic Literature of J. R. R. Tolkien.
  256. Schätze, Marli: Neue Wege nach Narnia und Mittelerde: Handlingskonstituenten in der 'Fantasy'-Literatur von C.S. Lewis und J.R.R. Tolkien. Bern: Lang, 1986. 303 pp. 21 × 15 cm. (Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe 14, Angelsächsiche Sprache und Literatur, 156)
    ISBN: Sfr 65.00.
    Title in English: New Ways into Narnia and Middle-earth: Plot-consitutents in the Fantasy Literature of C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
  257. Stevenson, Randall: The British Novel since the Thirties: An Introduction. London: Batsford, 1986. Pp. [3]-257.
    ISBN 0-7134-4663-3 (hbk)
    ISBN 0-7134-4664-1 (pbk)
    See 2: "In the thirties", pp. 30-67, the section "Fantasy, Marxism and Class: Rex Warner, Edward Upward, Walter Greenwood, Lewis Grassic Gibbon", pp. 44-61 (on p. 46 in a section about EU's fantasy world Mortmere the observation is made that this can be compared to the worlds of Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and Tolkien).
    See also 3: "War and Post-war, 1940-1956", pp. 68-122, the section "Dream Worlds: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mervyn Peake, Wyndham Lewis".


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  258. Alderson, Brian: The Hobbit 50th Anniversary, 1937-1987: A Commemorative Booklet Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Hobbit. London: Unwin Hyman, © 1987. [12] pp., ill., facs., maps. 21 × 14.5 cm.
    (pbk)
  259. Bodleian Library: Drawings for The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of its Publication: 24 February - 23 May 1987. Oxford: The Library, [1987]. 8 pp. 21 × 15 cm.
  260. Carpenter, Humphrey: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. [Rev. ed.] London: Unwin Paperbacks, [March] 1987. 288 pp., [8] pp. of plates, photographs. 19 × 13 cm.