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[[ | [[File:John Garth.jpg|thumb|John Garth at [[The Return of the Ring]], 2012]] | ||
'''John Garth''' (b. [[9 June]] [[1966]]), winner of the 2004 [[Mythopoeic Society]] Scholarship Award, studied English at [[Oxford University]] and has since worked as a newspaper journalist in London. A long-standing taste for the works of Tolkien, combined with an interest in the First World War, fueled the five years of research that have gone into ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' and he has drawn extensively on previously unpublished personal papers as well as Tolkien's service record and other unique military documents. | |||
'''John Garth''', winner of the 2004 [[Mythopoeic Society]] Scholarship Award, studied English at [[Oxford University]] and has since worked as a newspaper journalist in London. A long-standing taste for the works of Tolkien, combined with an interest in the First World War, fueled the five years of research that have gone into ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' and he has drawn extensively on previously unpublished personal papers as well as Tolkien's service record and other unique military documents. | |||
==Bibliography, selected== | ==Bibliography, selected== | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
*[[2003]]: ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' | |||
*[[ | ===Booklets=== | ||
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien at Exeter College|Tolkien at Exeter College: How an Oxford undergraduate created Middle-earth]]'' | |||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
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*[[2008]]: ''[[The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference]]'' | *[[2008]]: ''[[The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference]]'' | ||
**"As under a green sea': visions of war in the Dead Marshes" | **"As under a green sea': visions of war in the Dead Marshes" | ||
*[[2009]]: [[Mallorn 48|''Mallorn'' 48]] | |||
** "Tolkien of the Many Names" (guest editorial) | |||
** "Views of a lost world" (review of [[Black & White Ogre Country]]'') | |||
*[[2011]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 8]] | *[[2011]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 8]] | ||
**"Robert Quilter Gilson, T.C.B.S.: A Brief Life in Letters" | **"Robert Quilter Gilson, T.C.B.S.: A Brief Life in Letters" | ||
*[[2014]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 11|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 11]] | |||
**"'The road from adaptation to invention': How Tolkien Came to the Brink of Middle-earth in 1914" | |||
===Reviews=== | |||
*[[2013]]: ''The Daily Beast'' (23 March) | |||
**"[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/tolkien-s-unfinished-epic-the-fall-of-arthur.html Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic: ‘The Fall of Arthur’] | |||
*[[2014]]: ''New Statesman'' (29 May) | |||
**"[http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/05/j-r-r-tolkien-beowulf-one-mans-passion-threshold-between-myth-and-reality J R R Tolkien's Beowulf: one man's passion for the threshold between myth and reality]" | |||
===Filmography=== | |||
*[[2001]]: [[Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings]] | |||
*[[2004]]: [[The Real Middle-earth (documentary)]] | |||
*[[2004]]: [[J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-Earth]] | |||
*[[2014]]: [[War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme]] | |||
*[[2014]]: [[Tolkien's Great War (documentary)]] | |||
*[[2014]]: [[JRR Tolkien, le seigneur des écrivains]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.johngarth.co.uk Official website] | *[http://www.johngarth.co.uk Official website] | ||
*[http://johngarth.wordpress.com/ Official blog] | |||
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2012/06/15/an-interview-with-john-garth/ An Interview with John Garth] by [[Michael Martinez]] | *[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2012/06/15/an-interview-with-john-garth/ An Interview with John Garth] by [[Michael Martinez]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:25, 5 December 2014
John Garth at The Return of the Ring, 2012
John Garth (b. 9 June 1966), winner of the 2004 Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award, studied English at Oxford University and has since worked as a newspaper journalist in London. A long-standing taste for the works of Tolkien, combined with an interest in the First World War, fueled the five years of research that have gone into Tolkien and the Great War and he has drawn extensively on previously unpublished personal papers as well as Tolkien's service record and other unique military documents.
Bibliography, selected
Books
Booklets
Articles
- 2006: The Lord of the Rings 1954–2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder
- "Frodo and the Great War"
- 2006: Various entries in J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
- 2007: Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings
- "'As under a green sea': visions of war in the Dead Marshes"
- 2008: The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration
- "Tolkien, Exeter College, and the Great War"
- 2008: The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
- "As under a green sea': visions of war in the Dead Marshes"
- 2009: Mallorn 48
- "Tolkien of the Many Names" (guest editorial)
- "Views of a lost world" (review of Black & White Ogre Country)
- 2011: Tolkien Studies: Volume 8
- "Robert Quilter Gilson, T.C.B.S.: A Brief Life in Letters"
- 2014: Tolkien Studies: Volume 11
- "'The road from adaptation to invention': How Tolkien Came to the Brink of Middle-earth in 1914"
Reviews
Filmography
- 2001: Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings
- 2004: The Real Middle-earth (documentary)
- 2004: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-Earth
- 2014: War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
- 2014: Tolkien's Great War (documentary)
- 2014: JRR Tolkien, le seigneur des écrivains
