Tolkien BIBLIOGRAPHY  3.
Sources Recommended by ENG 104 Students

  
 

on J. R. R. TOLKIEN, The Fellowship of the Ring,
The Lord of the Rings, and Related Topics

  
 

English 104 - Introduction to Literature: Fiction, Fall 2002 & 2003
Cora Agatucci, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College

 

Agatucci, Cora.  Rev. of  "The Appeal of The Lord of the Rings: A Struggle for Life," by Hugh T. Keenan [1968].  Rpt. J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.  Ed. Harold Bloom.  Modern Critical Interpretations Series. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2000.  3-15.

Agatucci, Cora.  Rev. of  "Frodo Anti-Faust: The Lord of the Rings as Contemporary Mythology," by Randel Helms [1974].  Rpt. J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.  Ed. Harold Bloom.  Modern Critical Interpretations Series. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2000.  37-49.

Auden, W. H.  "At the End of the Quest, Victory."  Rev. of The Return of the King [Vol. 3 of The Lord of the Rings].  New York Times Book Review 22 Jan. 1956.  Rpt. New York Times: Tolkien Archives, New York Times Co., 2002. [Accessed] 5 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/22/books/tolkien-king.html

Auden, W. H.  "The Hero Is a Hobbit."  Rev. of Fellowship of the Ring [Vol. 1. of The Lord of the Rings].  New York Times Book Reviews 31 Oct. 1954. Rpt. New York Times: Tolkien Archives, New York Times Co., 2002. [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/31/books/tolkien-fellowship.html

Angus [pseud.]  "All the Rings Together."  Rev. of The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien.  Mouthshut.com [Bombay, India], 2000-2002. 
From Critical Review by ENG 104 student:  "This review was really excellent in my mind for it addressed something that many avid readers share about translating a book to the 'big screen.' How much is truly lost when we are forced to take away from our imagination? By forcing a fixed image into the mind's eye, are we destroying our creative spirit? The reviewer briefly touches up on  this, and then goes to explain why he liked the novel Fellowship of the Ring. A very interesting read which I recommend to all fans of both the movie and book alike."  [Webpublished anonymously with student's permission ~ Thank you!  Cora]
URL: http://www.mouthshut.com/readreview/6122-1.html

The Barrow-Downs  [No date.]  [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.barrowdowns.com/Welcome.asp
Contact: webmaster@barrowdowns.com

Bouvin, Niels Olof (Dept. of Computer Science, Aarhus Univ., Denmark). The Hypertextualized Tolkien FAQ (1996 - 2001). [Accessed] 7 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/%7Ebouvin/tolkienfaq.html

Burns, Philip R. (Academic Technologies, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL).  Myth and Legend from Ancient Times to the Space Age.  14 Aug. 2002.  Accessed Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.pibburns.com/myth.htm

Byfield, Link.  “The Greatest Book of the Century Was Built on the Thought ‘and in one Lord, Jesus Christ….’”  Alberta Report/ Newsmagazine 24 Feb. 1997: 2.  EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002; Article No. 9703253234.

Byfield, Ted, and Virginia Byfield.  "What Tolkien's Enduring Fables Can Teach Those Aiming to Captivate Today's Youth."  Report / Newsmagazine (National ed.) 2 Sept. 2002: 49 (1pp).  Rpt. EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002; Article No. 7273966.

Cirdan [pseudonym?].  The Grey Havens.  1996-2002.  [Accessed] 5 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://tolkien.cro.net

Cooper, Susan.  “There and Back Again: Tolkien Reconsidered.”  Horn Book Magazine 78.2 (Mar./Apr. 2002): 143 (8pp.).  Rpt. EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002; Article No. 6336992.

Current Theme: Saruman.  The Barrow-Downs  [No date.]  [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.barrowdowns.com/Welcome.asp
Contact: webmaster@barrowdowns.com

Dalziel, Colin, ed.  "The Road Goes Ever On and On": The Lord of the Rings Quotes.  2002.  [Accessed] 7 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.coldal.org.uk/quotes.htm

Day, David.  The Hobbit Companion.  [City?]: Barnes & Noble-Pavillion, 2000.

Degallier, Patrick.  An Analysis of the Presence of Evil in Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings. [No date.]  Accessed 3 Oct. 2002.
"Text of a dissertation comparing the theme of evil in the two works" [IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection Abstract]. Section 7: Bibliography cites primary and secondary sources on The Lord of the Rings. [C.A.] 
URL: http://www-lehre.informatik.uni-osnabrueck.de/~skremer/martyn/html-text/patrick-contents.html

Eaton, Anne T.  A Delightfully Imaginative Journey.  Rev. of The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again, by J. R. R. Tolkien.  New York Times Book Review, 13 March 1938.  Rpt. The Tolkien Archives, New York Times Online. 2002. [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
 URL: http://www.nytimes.com/1938/03/13/books/tolkien-hobbit.html

Farrall, Paul (Utah State Univ.).  "One Ring to rule them all . . ." [Lord of the Rings review.] 
URL:  http://www.gis.usu.edu/~pfarrall/lotr.shtml

Fauskanger, Helge K.  Ardalambion.  Accessed 8 Oct. 2002.
Self-description: "The most comprehensive site about Tolkien's invented languages that you are likely to find on the net."  Fauskanger's background: "Cand. philol. (corresponding, roughly, to a master's degree) in Nordic languages." [C.A.]
URL: http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/index.html

Fisher, Mark.  The Encyclopedia of Arda: An Interactive Guide to the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien.  1997-2000. [Accessed] 9 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/

Friesen, Darryl.  The Tolkien Timeline.  1995-2002.
"This compilation is a chronological list of important events relating to Tolkien's life, career, and scholarly pursuits, and attempts to provide a more clear picture of this astounding man."  Includes a bibliography.
From Critical Review by English 104 student: "This website proved to be very simple and extremely informative at the same time. It details Tolkien’s life, and when he began/finished writing his various novels that were published. The website is constructed in a very simple graphical chronology stating which year which event happened. I feel this is extremely useful to someone who would need to find information quickly regarding Tolkien, without a great amount of time to spend looking for it (College Students anyone?)."
[Webpublished anonymously with student's permission ~ Thank you!  Cora]
URL: http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/

“From Middle English to Middle-earth.”  Report / Newsmagazine (Alberta ed.) 8 July 2002: 4.  Rpt. EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002; Article No. 6893894.

Gates, David, and Devin Gordon.  "One Ring to Lure Them All."  Newsweek 29 Jan. 2001: 60 (2pp).   Rpt. EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002; Article No. 4003111.

Hargrove, Gene [Dept. of Philosophy & Religion Studies, Univ. of North Texas - Denton, TX]. About the Songs and Poems in the Lord of the Rings.  2002. [Accessed] 9 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.cep.unt.edu/songs/tolkien.html

Hargrove, Gene [Dept. of Philosophy & Religion Studies, Univ. of North Texas - Denton, TX].  Who is Tom Bombadil?  ["An earlier version of this paper was published in Mythlore, no. 47 (August 1986)."]  2002.
[Accessed] 9 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html

The Hobbit.  Dir. Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.  Animated feature [based on the novel by J.R. R. Tolkien].  Perf. (voices): Orson Bean (Bilbo Baggins), Richard Boone (Smaug), Hans Conried (Thorin), John Huston (Gandalf).  Rankin-Bass Productions, 1978.  Videocassette.  Sony/Warner Bros. (TV), 1978. 76 min.
See The Hobbit.  Internet Movie Database - IMDb, 2002.
URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077687

Jacobsen, Leif.  "The Quest for the Empirical Hobbit: A Comparative Study of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings."  [Master's Thesis, English Literature, Lund Univ., Sweden; 1997-1998.]  Rpt. The Barrow-Downs  [No date.]
Search Topic: "On Hobbits and Quests." 
...Article Table of Contents: http://www.barrowdowns.com/ArticlesEmpirical.asp?Size=#TOC
...Article [web page 1+]: http://www.barrowdowns.com/ArticlesEmpHobbits.asp?Size=
The Barrow-Downs home page:  http://www.barrowdowns.com/Welcome.asp

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973).  The Academy: Readings.  Ms. Miriam Santacruz. dir.; TheAcademySite.org, no date.  [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.theacademysite.org/tolkien.html

Kessler, Brian.  Tolkien and the Wars.  1998. [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/naked/132/tolktoc.html

Lippert, Eric.  The J. R. R. Tolkien Information Page. 1997. [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/relipper/tolkien/rootpage.html

The Lord of the Rings.  New Line Productions, 2002. Accessed 8 Oct. 2002.
Flash Version URL: http://www.lordoftherings.net/index.html
Non-Flash Version: http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_flat.html  

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings [Film].  Internet Movie Database - IMDb.com, 2002.  [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120737

McDonagh, Maitland.  "Ring of Fire." Rev. of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, dir. Peter Jackson, 2001. TV Guide Online: Movie Reviews: CineBooks Database.  TV Guide Magazine Group, Inc., 2002.   [Accessed] 10 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=42295

Milos, Karyn.  Too Deeply Hurt: Understanding Frodo's Decision to Depart.
[This article originally appeared in Mallorn 36 (Nov. 1998):17-23.]  [Accessed] 8 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://home.mn.rr.com/karynmilos/essays/toodeeplyhurt.html

National Geographic's Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings.  National Geographic Society, 2001.  [Accessed] 7 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/
...Author & History - descriptive Timeline
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/timeline.html
...Language & Culture
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/language.html
...Myth & Storytelling
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/myth.html
...Real World Parallels: Discussion Forum
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi?forum=ngbtm

TheOneRing.net: "Forged by and for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien" and "Home of the OFFICIAL Peter Jackson Fan Club."  TheOneRing.net, 1999-2002.
URL:  http://www.theonering.net/theonering/index.html
Root URL: http://www.theonering.net/

Peter Jackson Answers the Geeks!!!  20 Questions about Lord of the Rings!!!  Ain't It Cool News.com, ed. Harry J. Knowles.  Last modified 30 Aug. 1998.  Accessed 8 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://aint-it-cool-news.com/lordoftherings.html

Pierce, Nev.  Rev. of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.  BBCi [London]: Films: Reviews. 11 Dec. 2001.  British Broadcasting Corporation, 2001.  Accessed Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/12/11/lord_of_the_rings_fellowship_of_the_ring_2001_review.shtml

Polonsky,  Slava, ed.  The Chronology of the Life of J. R. R. Tolkien.  Mithrilian, 1996.
URL: http://www.kulichki.com/tolkien/eng/enghron.html
Arda-na-Kulichkakh: The Island of Tolkien Fans - "one of the many islands of the Russian TriWial archipelago 'Chertovy Kulichki.'"  
URL: http://www.kulichki.com/tolkien/eng/arda_eng.html

Seland, John.  Gollum and the Mystery of Evil.  C. S. Lewis and Other Related Authors, C. S Lewis Collection.  Taylor University - Upland, IN. [No date.]  [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.tayloru.edu/upland/programs/lewis/articles/seland.html

Sterritt, David.  “’Rings’ on Screen Is Big, Ambitious, and Not So Magic.”  Christian Science Monitor 19 Dec. 2001: 1.  Rpt. EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite, 2002: Article No. 5710230.

The Tolkien Archives: A Guide to the World of J. R. R. Tolkien.  New York Times Online. 2002.
A collection of articles from the New York Times archives, including book reviews and a Tolkien interview.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/specials/advertising/movies/tolkien/index.html

Tolkien Enterprises.  1998.  [Accessed] 7 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.tolkien-ent.com/new/index.html

The Tolkien Forum.  Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd., 2000, 2002. [Accessed] 8 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.thetolkienforum.com

Tolkien, J. R. R.  The Silmarrion.  Ed. Christopher Tolkien.  New York: Ballantyne Books, 1989.

The Tolkien Society.  England, 2000.  [Accessed] 8 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/

Williams, Donald T. (PhD, Medieval & Renaissance Literature, Univ. of Georgia).  Is Man a Myth?  Mere Christian Perspectives on the Human.  Mythopoeic Society.  Christian.org. 1995-2000. [Online version of:  Donald T. Williams, "'Is Man a Myth?': Mere Christian Perspectives on the Human."  MYTHLORE 23:1 (Summer/Fall 2000): 4-29.]   [Accessed] Oct. 2002.
URL: http://www.christians.org/manmyth/man01.html
[Section 4:] "J. R. R. Tolkien: Humanity and Faerie" interprets Tolkien's essay "On Faerie Stories."
[Source: Tolkien, J. R. R. "On Faerie Stories." The Tolkien Reader. NY: Ballantine, 1966, pp. 3-84.]
URL: http://www.christians.org/manmyth/man04.html

Wolfe, Gene.  The Best Introduction to the Mountains.  Interzone Dec. 2001.  Rpt. Andy, Alice & Claire's Web Pages, ed. Andrew W. Robertson [no date].  Accessed 5 Oct. 2002.
URL: http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html

Yates, Jessica.  “J. R. R. Tolkien: Overview.”  In Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers.  4th ed.  Ed. Laura Standley Berger, 1995.  Rpt.  Gale Literature Resource Center  [Online Database].  The Gale Group, 2002.

 

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