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'''Janet Brennan Croft''' (b.[[1961]]) is an American author, editor, and Head of Access Services at the University of Oklahoma libraries. She is the editor of ''[[Mythlore|Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature]]''.<ref>"Notes on Contributors" in [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 4]] (p. 366)</ref>
'''Janet Brennan Croft''' is an American author, editor, and Head of Access Services at the University of Oklahoma libraries.


==Bibliography, selected==
==Bibliography, selected==
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*[[2005]]: [[Tolkien on Film|''Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings]] (editor)
*[[2005]]: [[Tolkien on Film|''Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings]] (editor)
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language]]'' (editor)
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language]]'' (editor)
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2015]]: ''[[Perilous and Fair|Perilous and Fair: Women in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work and Life]]'' (co-editor)
===Articles===
===Articles===
*[[2002]]: ''Mythlore'', Volume 23 #4
**"The Great War and Tolkien's Memory: an examination of World War I themes in ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 4-21)
*[[2003]]: ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'' 41 (July 2003)
**"'Reading ''Lord of the Rings'': The Final Attempt': an analysis of a web community" (pp. 26-33)
*[[2003]]: ''Proceedings of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations'' (SW/TEX PCA/ACA) Years 2000-2003
**"'The utter stupid waste of war': J.R.R. Tolkien on World War II"
**"The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's ''The Fellowship of the Ring''"
*[[2004]]: ''World Literature Today'', January-April 2004
**"Beyond ''The Hobbit'': J.R.R. Tolkien's Other Works for Children" (pp. 67-70)
*[[2004]]: [[Mallorn (journal)|''Mallorn'']] 42 (August 2004)
**"The Morality of Military Leadership in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-50)
*[[2004]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 92 (Summer/Fall 2004)
**"'The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering': World War II in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (pp. 58-71)
*[[2004]]: [[SEVEN 21|''SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review'', Volume 21]]
**"Bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root": Themes from ''Macbeth'' in ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-60)
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]''
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]''
**"Farmer Giles of Ham", "Gríma (Wormtongue)", "Haigh, Walter E. (1856-1931)", "Merry", "Pippin", "Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc."
**"Farmer Giles of Ham", "Gríma (Wormtongue)", "Haigh, Walter E. (1856-1931)", "Merry", "Pippin", "Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.", "Shakespeare"
*[[2007]]: ''Fantasy Fiction Into Film'' (Ed. Leslie Stratyner and James R. Keller)
**"Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for ''The Lord of the Rings'' by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle." (pp. 7-20)
*[[2007]]: ''[[Silver Leaves]]'', Issue 1
*[[2007]]: ''[[Silver Leaves]]'', Issue 1
**"How I Learned More About Hobbits"
**"How I Learned More About Hobbits"
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language]]''
**"'Bid the Tree Unfix his Earth-bound Root': Themes from ''Macbeth'' in ''The Lord of the Rings''"
*[[2007]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 4]]
**"Notes and Documents: Walter E. Haigh, Author of A New Glossary of the Huddersfield Dialect" (pp. 184-188)
*[[2009]]: [[Mythlore 107/108|''Mythlore'' 107/108]], Volume 28, Issue 1/2
**"Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" (pp. 149-164)
*[[2011]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4
*[[2011]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4
**"Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate"
**"Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate"
*[[2011]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 8]]
**"The Hen that Laid the Eggs: Tolkien and the Officers Training Corps"
*[[2011]]: [[Picturing Tolkien|''Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings ''Film Trilogy'']]
**"Jackson's Aragorn and the American Superhero Monomyth"
*[[2012]]: [[Mallorn 53|''Mallorn'' 53]]
** "On the origin of ideas" (review of ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]'')
*[[2014]]: [[Mythlore 124|''Mythlore'' 124]]
**"Tolkien’s Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions"
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/ Home page]
*[http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/ Home page]
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/10/14/an-interview-with-janet-brennan-croft/ An Interview with Janet Brennan Croft] by [[Michael Martinez]]
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2013/01/06/Person-of-Interest-Janet-Brennan-Croft-Tolkien-scholar/stories/201301060230  Person of Interest: Janet Brennan Croft, Tolkien scholar]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDz3Hvn7i5U "British Fantasy literature & World War I"]] at OK State Library.
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Revision as of 16:35, 1 June 2015

Janet Brennan Croft (b.1961) is an American author, editor, and Head of Access Services at the University of Oklahoma libraries. She is the editor of Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature.[1]

Bibliography, selected

Books

Articles

  • 2002: Mythlore, Volume 23 #4
    • "The Great War and Tolkien's Memory: an examination of World War I themes in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 4-21)
  • 2003: Mallorn 41 (July 2003)
    • "'Reading Lord of the Rings: The Final Attempt': an analysis of a web community" (pp. 26-33)
  • 2003: Proceedings of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations (SW/TEX PCA/ACA) Years 2000-2003
    • "'The utter stupid waste of war': J.R.R. Tolkien on World War II"
    • "The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring"
  • 2004: World Literature Today, January-April 2004
    • "Beyond The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's Other Works for Children" (pp. 67-70)
  • 2004: Mallorn 42 (August 2004)
    • "The Morality of Military Leadership in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 47-50)
  • 2004: Mythlore 92 (Summer/Fall 2004)
    • "'The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering': World War II in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (pp. 58-71)
  • 2004: SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Volume 21
    • "Bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root": Themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 47-60)
  • 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
    • "Farmer Giles of Ham", "Gríma (Wormtongue)", "Haigh, Walter E. (1856-1931)", "Merry", "Pippin", "Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.", "Shakespeare"
  • 2007: Fantasy Fiction Into Film (Ed. Leslie Stratyner and James R. Keller)
    • "Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle." (pp. 7-20)
  • 2007: Silver Leaves, Issue 1
    • "How I Learned More About Hobbits"
  • 2007: Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
    • "'Bid the Tree Unfix his Earth-bound Root': Themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings"
  • 2007: Tolkien Studies: Volume 4
    • "Notes and Documents: Walter E. Haigh, Author of A New Glossary of the Huddersfield Dialect" (pp. 184-188)
  • 2009: Mythlore 107/108, Volume 28, Issue 1/2
    • "Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" (pp. 149-164)
  • 2011: Mythlore 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4
    • "Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate"
  • 2011: Tolkien Studies: Volume 8
    • "The Hen that Laid the Eggs: Tolkien and the Officers Training Corps"
  • 2011: Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy
    • "Jackson's Aragorn and the American Superhero Monomyth"
  • 2012: Mallorn 53
  • 2014: Mythlore 124
    • "Tolkien’s Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions"

External links

References

  1. "Notes on Contributors" in Tolkien Studies: Volume 4 (p. 366)