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J.R.R. TolkienThe Man and the Scholar /​ S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne
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Geoweorpa: "Once Held in High Esteem" /​ E.G. Stanley
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Narrative Insight in Laxdaela Saga /​ Ursula Dronke
Narrative Insight in Laxdaela Saga /​[[Ursula Dronke]]


Nosce te ipsum: Some Medieval Interpretations /​ J.A.W. Bennett
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Creation from Philology in The Lord of the Rings /​ T.A. Shippey
Creation from Philology in The Lord of the Rings /​ [[T.A. Shippey]]


Handlist of the Published Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien /​ Humphrey Carpenter.
Handlist of the Published Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien /​[[Humphrey Carpenter]].


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J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam
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AuthorEdited by Mary Salu and Robert T. Farrell
PublisherIthaca/London: Cornell University Press
Released31 March 1979
FormatHardback in dust-jacket
ISBN080141038X

J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam is an anthology that was published as a tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien - both an academic and as an author. 1,560 copies were printed.

It includes Tolkien's Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford (pp.16-32). Also includes:

  • Professor J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Hobbits and inventor of a new mythology - Tolkien's obituary notice, as printed in The Times, 3 September 1973.
  • The Man and the Scholar - A reminiscence by S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne.
  • Handlist of the Published Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien - Compiled by Humphrey Carpenter.

Content

PART ONE

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien /​ The Times

Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford /​J.R.R. Tolkien

The Man and the Scholar /​ S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne

PART TWO

Beowulf Lines 3074- 3075 /​ A.J. Bliss

Lazamon's English Sources /​ P.J. Frankis

God, Death, and Loyalty in The Battle of Maldon /​ Fred C. Robinson

Geoweorpa: "Once Held in High Esteem" /​ E.G. Stanley

Narrative Insight in Laxdaela Saga /​Ursula Dronke

Nosce te ipsum: Some Medieval Interpretations /​ J.A.W. Bennett

Chaucer's Man of Law and His Tale: The Eccentric Design /​ Robert T. Farrell

Chaucer and "Pite" /​ Douglas Gray

Make Believe: Chaucer's Rationale of Storytelling in The House of Fame /​ Geoffrey T. Shepherd

Moral Chaucer and Kindly Gower /​ Rosemary Woolf

PART THREE

The Lord of the Rings as Romance /​ Derek S. Brewer

The Gospel of Middle Earth According to J.R.R. Tolkien /​ William Dowie

Creation from Philology in The Lord of the Rings /​ T.A. Shippey

Handlist of the Published Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien /​Humphrey Carpenter.