Douglas A. Anderson

Douglas A. Anderson
Biographical information
Born	1959
Occupation	Author

Douglas Allen Anderson (born 1959) is an American independent scholar who has authored and edited various books relating to the works of Tolkien.

With Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger, Anderson was co-editor for volumes one through eight of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. He is a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 1988: The Annotated Hobbit
• 1993: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2002: The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition
• 2003: Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
• 2005: Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy
• 2007: Tolkien On Fairy-stories (with Verlyn Flieger)
• 2008: Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction

Journals, editor

• 2004: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1 (co-editor)
• 2005: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2 (co-editor)
• 2006: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 3 (co-editor)
• 2007: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 4 (co-editor)
• 2008: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5 (co-editor)
• 2009: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6 (co-editor)
• 2010: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7 (co-editor)
• 2011: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8 (co-editor)

Articles and contributions

• 1981: Mallorn 16
  • "A Look at the Marquette Archives"
  • "The Marring of the Moon"
• 1987: The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin)
  • "Note on the Text"
• 1994[?]: The Hobbit
  • "Note on the Text"
• 1996: The Marvellous Land of Snergs
  • "Introduction"
• 2001: Meditations on Middle-earth
  • "Tolkien After All These Years"
• 2002: Tolkien the Medievalist
  • "'An Industrious Little Devil': E.V. Gordon as Friend and Collaborator with Tolkien'
• 2004: Tolkien Studies: Volume 1
  • "J.R.R. Tolkien, A Checklist" (with Tom Shippey)
• 2005: Tolkien Studies: Volume 2
  • "J.R.R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts's 'Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh'"
• 2013: Mythlore 123
  • "Fairy Elements in British Literary Writings in the Decade Following the Cottingley Fairy Photographs Episode"

External links

• Douglas A. Anderson's blog on "Tolkien and Fantasy"
• Douglas A. Anderson at Wikipedia
• A Douglas A. Anderson Page