Tolkien and the Study of His Sources

Tolkien and the Study of His Sources Critical Essays
von Jason Fisher (Hrsg.) McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N. C. 2011 ISBN 978-0-7864-6482-1 Taschenbuch, xi, 228 Seiten Sprache: Englisch
Tolkien and the Study of His Sources Critical Essays
von Jason Fisher (Hrsg.) McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N. C. 2011 ISBN 978-0-7864-8728-8 E-Book, xi, 228 Seiten Sprache: Englisch

Tolkien and the Study of His Sources ist eine von Jason Fisher 2011 herausgegebene Sammlung von Aufsätzen verschiedener Autoren zur Erforschung der Quellen, aus denen J. R. R. Tolkien Inspiration für seine Werke schöpfte. Das Buch war in den Jahren 2012 und 2013 für den Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies der Mythopoeic Society nominiert. Es enthält einige Zitate aus bis dahin unveröffentlichten Briefen und Vorlesungsunterlagen Tolkiens.

Inhaltsübersicht

• Tom Shippey: Introduction: Why Source Criticism?
• E. L. Risden: Source Criticism: Background and Applications
• Jason Fisher: Tolkien and Source Criticism: Remarking and Remaking
• Nicholas Birns: The Stones and the Book: Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and Biblical Mythopoeia
• Kristine Larsen: Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing
• Miryam Librán-Moreno: “Byzantium, New Rome!—: Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in The Lord of the Rings
• Thomas Honegger: The Rohirrim: “Anglo-Saxons on Horseback—? An Inquiry into Tolkien’s Use of Sources
• Judy Ann Ford: William Caxton’s The Golden Legend as a Source for J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
• John D. Rateliff: She and Tolkien, Revisited
• Mark T. Hooker: Reading John Buchan in Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Diana Pavlac Glyer, Josh B. Long: Biography as Source: Niggles and Notions

Besprechungen

• Mike Foster: Tolkien and the Study of His Sources [Review]. In: Mythlore 115/116. Herbst/Winter 2011. Nachdruck in: www.mythsoc.org. URL: http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/tolkien-and-the-study-of-his-sources/.
• Nancy Martsch: Tolkien and the Study of His Sources [Review]. In: Beyond Bree. Oktober 2011. Nachdruck in: Lingwë: Musings of a Fish. 9. Februar 2012. URL: http://lingwe.blogspot.de/2012/02/my-book-reviewed-in-beyond-bree.html.
• Paul Edmund Thomas: Tolkien and the Study of His Sources [Review]. In: Tolkien Studies Volume 9. West Virginia University Press, 2012, S. 89–92.
• Jannet Brennan Croft: On the Origin of Ideas. In: Mallorn Volume 53. Frühjahr 2012.

Weblinks

• Tolkien and the Study of His Sources. In: www.mcfarlandpub.com. URL: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-6482-1.
• Tolkien and the Study of His Sources. In: WorldCat. URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/tolkien-and-the-study-of-his-sources-critical-essays/oclc/731009810.
• Tolkien and the Study of His Sources. In: Google Books. URL: http://books.google.de/books?id=98VQ3gHsVsMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
• My book is now published and available! In: Lingwë: Musings of a Fish. 12. August 2011. URL: http://lingwe.blogspot.de/2011/08/my-book-is-now-published-and-available.html.
• [Beiiträge des Herausgebers zum Buch auf seinem Blog.] In: Lingwë: Musings of a Fish. URL: http://lingwe.blogspot.de/search/label/TSHS.
• Peter Collier: Interview with Jason Fisher about Tolkien and the Study of His Sources. In: TolkienLibrary. 1. August 2011. URL: http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1001-Interview-Jason-Fisher-Tolkien-Sources.php.
• Michael Martinez: An Interview with Jason Fisher. In: Middle-earth & J. R. R. Tolkien Blog. 19. Dezember 2011. URL: http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/12/19/an-interview-with-jason-fisher/