Arda 1984/1985

Arda 1984 & Arda 1985, Vols. IV & V
Author	Edited by Anders Stenström
Publisher	The Tolkien Society Forodrim
Released	1988
Format	Paperback

Arda 1984/1985 is an issue of the publication Arda. The issue is noteworthy for including "The Clerkes Compleinte", a rare poem by J.R.R. Tolkien. Further notes and a photocopy of the manuscript of the poem was printed in Arda 1986.

Contents

Volume IV

Vols. IV & V form a double volume. Published 1988 / Arda 1984, containing:

• The Clerkes Compleinte [a humorous poem by Tolkien, published anonymously in 1922] - Text, Commentary [by T.A. Shippey] and Translation / Djäknens klagan - text, kommentar och översättning
• Douglass Parker: Hwaet We Holbytla... / Vi hört om hobbitars...
• Beregond, Anders Stenström: Något om pipor, blad och rökning / Some Notes on Pipes, Leaf and Smoking
• The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies
• Krönika / Chronicle
• Recensioner / Reviews
• Brev / Letters

Volume V

Vols. IV & V form a double volume. Published 1988 / Arda 1985, containing:

• Naomi Collyer: "Recollections of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien / Erinringar om professor J.R.R. Tolkien"
• G.H. Thomson: "The Lord of the Rings: The Novel as Traditional Romance / Romanen som traditionell romans"
• Vitæ breves nuper inventæ duæ / Two Recently Found Short Biographies
• Nils-Lennart Johannesson: "Sure as Shiretalk - On Linguistic Variation in Hobbit Speech (Part One) / Språklig variation i Fylke och Bree (Del ett)"
• Anders Stenström: "Striking Matches - An Exegesis of H V:4 / Kunde tändstickorna strykas?"
• The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies
• Krönika och rapport / Chronicle and Report
• Recensioner / Reviews
• Brev / Letters
• Åke Bertenstam: "Supplement för 1983-1984 till En Tolkienbibliografi / Supplement for 1983-1984 to A Tolkien Bibliography"