Provides an up-to-date resource for students interested in the author, J. R. R. Tolkien. This volume examines Tolkien's life and his most important works, including all of his major essays and many of his novels.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Biography.
2: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1971).
3: Works A to Z.
4: Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The (1962).
5: “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil”.
6: “Bombadil Goes Boating”.
7: “Errantry”.
8: “Princess Mee”.
9: “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up too Late”.
10: “The Man in the Moon Came Down too Soon”.
11: “The Stone Troll”.
12: “Perry-the-Winkle”.
13: “The Mewlips”.
14: “Oliphaunt”.
15: “Fastitocalon”.
16: “Cat”.
17: “Shadow-Bride”.
18: “The Hoard”.
19: “The Sea Bell”.
20: “The Last Ship”.
21: “Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad” (1929).
22: “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” (1936).
23: “Bilbo’s Last Song (At the Grey Havens)” (1974).
24: “Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve’s Tale” (1934).
25: Children of Húrin, The (2007).
26: “City of the Gods, The” (1923).
27: “Clerkes Compleinte, The” (1922).
28: “Devil’s Coach-Horses, The” (1925).
29: “Dragon’s Visit, The” (1937).
30: “English and Welsh” (1955).
31: “Enigmata Saxonica Nuper Inventa Duo” (1923).
32: “Evening in Tavrobel, An” (1924).
33: Farmer Giles of Ham (1949).
34: Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode (1983).
35: “For W.H.A.” (1967).
36: “Goblin Feet” (1915).
37: “Happy Mariners, The” (1920).
38: Hobbit, or There and Back Again, The (1937).
39: “Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, The” (1953).
