Aiglos Special Issue II

Aiglos Special Issue II
Editor	Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska
Publisher	Sekcja Tolkienowska ŚKF
Released	August 2012
Format	A5 glossy paperback, black and white
Pages	370
ISSN	1732-2375

Aiglos Special Issue II. A selection of Tolkien studies in Poland 2006-2011 is the second English-language issue of Aiglos, prepared for the Return of the Ring conference celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien.

Contents

• Cover Art
  • "Frodo's Tale"
    • By: 'Kasiopea'

• Articles and essays
  • "Tolkien and the Vikings. J.R.R. Tolkien's connection with the Victorian literature concerning the North"
    • By: Michał Leśniewski 'M.L'
  • "Samwise the Great"
    • By: Maria Błaszkiewicz
  • "Language and myth. Tolkien’s and Barfield’s concepts of 'meaning'"
    • By: Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
  • "Éowyn – the misunderstood Lady of Rohan"
    • By: Justyna Brzezińska
  • "Who are you, and what are you doing in this land? A different way of looking at known things – an epic reading of The Lord of the Rings"
    • By: Maria Błaszkiewicz
  • "Noegyth nibin – racism in Beleriand?"
    • By: Magdalena Kudelska 'Geirve'
  • "The Rivendell Hymnal and Tenebrae – Tolkien, Elves and the Roman Liturgy"
    • By: Marcin Morawski 'Lómendil'
  • "Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of Huan)"
    • By: 'Kasiopea'
  • "Mythopoeia and Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien – God, faith, freedom, and the Second Coming"
    • By: Jakub Z. Lichański
  • "Nerdanel. A few words about an episode which did not have to be a mere episode"
    • By: Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
  • "The First Tolkienists"
    • By: Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
  • "Word, power and will – magic in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien"
    • By: Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
  • "The Sense of Unity and the Category of Unity. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in the Context of Medieval Epic"
    • By: Agnieszka Kruszyńska
  • "The Volsunga Saga as an Inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien"
    • By: Renata Leśniakiewicz-Drzymała
  • "Master of Doom and Ring-bearer: Fate and Free Will in Middle-earth of the First and the Third Ages"
    • By: Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
  • "Believe neither editors nor translators, or how I almost rubbed shoulders with a celebrity"
    • By: Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind HS Took'

• Fanfiction and poetry
  • A selection of poems by Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel' in Bożena Mitko 'Nellelórë'’s translation
  • English-language poems by Marcin Morawski 'Lómendil'

• Reviews and Interviews
  • Interview with Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond - from Aiglos 6 (Spring/Summer 2006) (with recent footnotes)
  • Interview with Tom Shippey from Aiglos 8 (Spring/Summer 2007) (with updates)
  • Interview with Verlyn Flieger from Aiglos 12 (Spring/Summer 2009) (with updates)
  • Interview with Michael D.C. Drout from Aiglos 12 (Spring/Summer 2009)
  • Interview with Alex Lewis from Aiglos 15 (Winter 2010/2011)
  • Review: A Fortress Made of Ice: The Silmarillion. Thirty Years On, ed: Allan Turner
    • By: Tadeusz A. Olszański 'Halbarad Dúnadan'
  • Review: "Destroying the tower built in Beleriand. Arda Reconstructed, i.e. a handful of comments on the book by Douglas Kane, on Tolkienologists and on Christopher Tolkien's edition"
    • By: Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
  • Review: "A Truly Monumental Work. A Handful of Remarks on J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond"
    • By: Michał Leśniewski 'M.L.'
  • Review: A Fairy Tale and Orality in Tolkien's Texts (Adrian Jakuboze, Maria E. Pobieżyńska, Michał Żaczek, Baśń - oralność - zagadka)
    • By: Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
  • Review: "The Lord of the Rings, the book and the film as seen by the students of the Adam Mickiewicz University"
    • By: Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
  • Review: "The History of an unusual Friendship? Colin Duriez, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship"
    • By: Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'

• Illustrations
  • Barbara Śliwińska 'Vilva'
  • Karolina Węgrzyn 'Sirielle'
  • 'Kasiopea'
  • Małgorzata Pudlik 'Marigold'
  • Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
  • Katarzyna Wojdak 'Avari'

List of Aiglos Special Issue II editors

• Editor-in-chief - Anna Adamczyk-Śliwińska 'Nifrodel'
• Articles and essays - Michał Leśniewski 'M.L'
• Art - 'Kasiopea', Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'
• Proof-reading - Justyna Brzezińska, Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind HS Took'
• Typesetting - Tomasz Fruń 'Laisar', Karolina Stopa-Olszańska 'Melinir'

Translation into English: Katarzyna Blacharska, Justyna Brzezińska, Arkadiusz Janczyło, Sławomir Kułacz, Alicja Laskowska 'Freawaru', Magdalena Mańko-Kuzaj, Bożena Mitko 'Nellelórë', Joanna Piech and Agnieszka Sylwanowicz 'Evermind HS Took'.

See also

• Aiglos Special Issue I
• Issues of Aiglos
• Images of Aiglos issues

External links

• Detailed description of the contents of Aiglos Special Issue II at Aiglos' official page
• Aiglos' official page
• Aiglos' Facebook page