Revised for the Education Pages by Lynn Forest-Hill, April 2005.

Academic theses and dissertations

Barth, Melissa Ellen, Problems in Generic Classification: Toward a Definition of Fantasy, Ph.D. Purdue University, no. 0183, Year: 1981

Buhr, Glenn Arthur, 'Beren and Luthien' (original composition), MUS.D., University of Michigan, no. 0127, Year: 1984

Burns, Linda Lattin, High Fantasy: A Definition, Ph.D. University of Missouri - Columbia, no. 0133, Year: 1979

Calabrese, John Anthony, Elements of Myth in J. R. R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Selected Paintings of Paul Klee, Ph.D. Ohio University, no. 0167, Year: 1980

Davis, Larry Elton, A Christian Philosophical Examination of the Picture of Evil in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, Ph.D. SouthWestern Baptist Theological Seminary, no. 0345, Year: 1983

Dockery, Carl Dee, The Myth of the Shadow in the Fantasies of Williams, Lewis, and Tolkien, Ph.D. Auburn University, no. 0012, Year: 1975

Dowie, William John, Jr., Religious Fiction in a Profane Time: Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien, Ph.D. Brandeis University, no. 0021, Year: 1970

Green, William Howard, 'The Hobbit' and other Fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien: Their Roots in Medieval Heroic Literature and Language, Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Agricultural and Mechanical College, no. 0107, Year: 1969

Hurtubise, Paul Gustave, A Stylistic Analysis of Selected Passages in "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", M.A. York University (Canada), no. 0267, Year: 1998

Hyde, Paul Nolan, Linguistic Techniques Used in Character Development in the Works J.R.R. Tolkien, 3 vols. Ph.D. Purdue University, no. 0183, Year: 1982

Irigaray, Ricardo Luis, Tolkien y la Fe Cristiana, Universidad de Navarra (Spain), no. 5864 Year: 1996

Jarosz, Marek, The Dual Nature of Evil in the Selected Works of J.R.R. Tolkien M.A. University of Latvia

Kahm, Trinette, Literature as a Peacebuilding Tool: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. M.A. This is available for viewing, e-mail to request it trinnyface@hotmail.com

O'Hare, Colman, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien: Three Approaches to Religion in Modern Fiction, Ph.D. University of Toronto (Canada), no. 0779, Year: 1973

Petty, Anne Cotton, The Creative Mythology of J. R. R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse, Ph.D. Florida State University, no. 0071, Year: 1972

Reilly, Robert J., Romantic Religion in the Work of Owen Barfield, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J. R. R. Tolkien, Ph.D. Michigan State University, no. 0128, Year: 1960

Rogers, Champion Webster, The Fictitious Characters of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien in Relation to their Medieval Sources, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison, no. 0262, Year: 1972

Rosa, Adrian Wayne, Elves, The Righteous Ringmakers: Taking Tolkien Seriously, M.A., Florida Atlantic University, no. 0119, Year: 1990

Rossi, Lee Donald, The Politics of Fantasy: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, Ph.D. Cornell University, no. 0058, Year: 1972

Sarti, Ronald Christopher, Man in a Mortal World: J. R. R. Tolkien and 'The Lord of the Rings', Ph.D. Indiana University, no. 0093. Year: 1984

Simpson, Dale Wilson, Modernised Myth: 'Beowulf', J.R.R.Tolkien, and 'The Lord of the Rings', M.A., University of North Texas, no. 0158, Year: 1974

Smith, Arden Ray, Germanic Linguistic Influence on the Invented Languages of J. R. Tolkien,: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, no. 0028, Year: 1997

Syme, Margaret Ruth, Tolkien as Gospel Writer, Ph.D. McGill University (Canada), no. 0781 Year: 1989

Timmons, Daniel Patrick, Mirror on Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien and the Critical Perspectives, Ph.D. University of Toronto (Canada), no. 0779, Year: 1998

Urang, Gunnar, Shadows of Heaven: the Uses of Fantasy in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien, Ph.D., University of Chicago, no. 0330, Year: 1970

Walker, Frederick Arthur, Fictive Diction: Fantasy in Exotic Words (C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, 'Inklings'), Ph.D. Queen's University at Kingston (Canada), no. 0283, Year: 1991

Walker, Steven Charles, Narrative Techniques in the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Ph.D. Harvard University, no. 0084, Year: 1973

Whittingham, Elizabeth Ann , The final victory: The evolution of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The History of Middle-Earth", Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, no. 0656, Year: 2002

Wright, Marjorie Evelyn, The Cosmic Kingdom of Myth: A Study in the Myth-Philosophy of Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, no. 0090, Year: 1960

Articles

Note: titles of articles are given in quotation marks, titles of publications in which they appear are given in italics.

Auden, W.H., 'Good and evil in The Lord of the Rings', Critical Quarterly, 10 (Spring/Summer 68), p.138-42

Bennett, Catherine, 'In the beginning, there was Bilbo', Times, 22 August 1987, page 13

Brooks, X., 'The Ring Cycle', Guardian, 7 December 2001, Review pages 2-4 Cater, Bill, 'The lord of the legends', Sunday Times Magazine, 2 January 1972,

page 24 Carpenter, H; Scott, D; Brewis, K; O'Hehir, A; Sibley, B; Hudson, R; McKay,

C; Barrell, T; Goodwin, C; Cooke, R; Scott, C., 'The Lord of the Rings collectors issue', Sunday Times Magazine, 25 November 2001, pages 3-41

Cox, C.B., 'The world of the Hobbits', Spectator, 30 December 1966, page 844 Craig, Amanda, 'Lord of all he conveyed, despite his fans', Independent, 25

January 1992, page 29 Curtis, Anthony, 'Remembering Tolkien and Lewis', British Book News, June

1977, pages 429-30 Ezard, J., 'So, would Tolkien have liked the film?' Guardian, 14 December

2001, supplement pages 4-5

Ezard, John, 'Tolkien's Shire', Guardian, (28 December 1991) supplement, pages 4-6.

Fenton, James, 'Secondary worlds', New Statesman, 13 May 1977, pages 642-3 Flieger, V; Welden, B; Wilcox, J A., 'Wizard guides out of our Middle-earth.

Defenders of The Ring up in arms at myth in the making', Times Higher Education Supplement, 3 August 2001, pages 18-19

Forest-Hill, Lynn, 'The Return of Middle-earth: there and back again', TEMA , April 2004, http://www.gasbag.wz.cz/tema/rocnik2/cislo4/04-05.htm

Forest-Hill, Lynn, 'The Fantastic Seriousness of J.R.R.Tolkien', TEMA, April 2004, www.gasbag.wz.cz/tema/rocnik2/cislo4/04-03.htm

Forest-Hill, Lynn, 'Kortirion Among the Trees: The Influence of Warwick on J.R.R. Tolkien's Vision of Middle-earth', TLS, forthcoming, June/July 2005

[also forthcoming April/May in TEMA (e-journal), www.gasbag.wz.cz/tema/] Fuller, G., 'Trimming Tolkien', Sight and Sound, 12:2 (February 2002), pages

18-20 Gardner, Anthony, 'Literary giant or monstrous myth?' Times Review suppt, 28

December 1991, pages 30-1, 33. Hill, Joy, 'Daily life on Middle Earth [Letters to JRR Tolkien]', Bookseller, 3

August 1968, pages 374-5 Jones, Nicolette, 'The Tolkien phenomenon', British Book News, (January 1992),

pages 16-17 McKenna, Elise, 'Miscellany', Eclectica(e-journal) volume 7, no. 2 (April/May

2003), http://www.eclectica.org/ Markham-Smith, I., 'Tolkien about me, my elf and I - and Middle Earth', Times,

26 July 2000, pages 24-5 Medcalf, S., 'Lord of the Century', Times Literary Supplemen, 22 September

2000, pages 24-5 Medcalf, Stephen, 'Elven evolutions', Times Literary Supplemen, 19 July 1985,

page 802 Murray, Robert, 'Faith Tolkien: a theologian among sculptors', Month, 27: 8

(August 1994), pages 320-4 Murray, Robert, 'J.R.R. Tolkien and the art of the parable', Month, 26:1 (January

1993), pages 35-9 Murray, B., Philosophy Now, 39 (December/January 2003), pages 46-7.

Abstract: ''The Lord of the Rings' strikes many as being a Christian allegory. It is not that simple, but nevertheless it is possible to identify the Christian message in Tolkien's trilogy.'

Newman, Philip, 'The Hobbitman', Sunday Times Magazine, 15 January 1967, pages 34-6

Page, B., 'Merchandising Middle Earth', Bookseller, 31 August 2001, pages 32 Ratcliff, John D., 'JRR Tolkien: 'Sir Topas' revisited', Notes and Queries, 29

August 1982, page 348 Ryon, J.S., 'German mythology applied - the extension of the literary folk

memory', Folklore, 77 (Spring 1966), pages 45-59 Sanderson, C., 'A publishing fantasy', Bookseller, 27 September 2002, pages 24-

6 Seddon, Sue., 'The return of Tolkien', Sunday Times Magazine, 19 September

1982, pages 82-5

Shippey, Tom., 'Slaying, pillaging, burning, ravishing, and thus gratifying a laudable taste for adventure', London Review of Books, 17:11 (8 June 1995), pages 16-17

Shippey, T.A., 'A philologist in purgatory', Times Literary Supplement, 28 August 1981, pages 975-6

Shippey, T.A., 'The foolhardy philologist', Times Literary Supplement, 13 May 1977, page 583

Sirridge, Mary, 'J.R.R Tolkien and fairy tale truth', British Journal of Aesthetics, 15 (Winter 1975), pages 81-92

Turner, J., 'Reasons for liking Tolkien', London Review of Books, 23:22 (15 November 2001), pages 15-18, 20-4

Unwin, Rayner, 'Taming the lord of the rings', Bookseller, 19 August 1988. pages 647-50

Unwin, Rayner, 'The Hobbit 50th anniversary', Bookseller, 16 January 1987, pages 166-7

Unwin, Rayner, 'Sentimental milestones on a road through Middle-earth', Bookseller, 30 July 1977, pages 450-1

Walter, Nicolas, 'Myth making', New Statesman, 30 October 1981, page 24 Watson, George, 'The roots of romance', Times Literary Supplement, 8 October

1982, Watson, J.R., 'The hobbits and the critics', Critical Quarterly, 13 (Autumn

1971), pages 252-8 White, M., 'The First Hobbit', Sunday Times; 9 December 2001, Section 4 pages

1-2 Wood, Michael, 'Tolkien's fictions', New Society, 27 March 1969, pages 492-3 'The ring of romanticism', Times Literary Supplement, 8 June 1973