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'''Richard C. West''' (August [[1944]]) is an awarded [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] scholar and the Serials and Technical Services Librarian at the [http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/kfw/staff/west_richard.html University of Wisconsin-Madison]. When he was still a student, he also started a [[Tolkien Society]] there , the [[University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society]], in September [[1966]]. He has also contributed to its yearly journal, ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]]''.
'''Richard C. West''' (August [[1944]]) is an awarded [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] scholar and the Serials and Technical Services Librarian at the [http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/kfw/staff/west_richard.html University of Wisconsin-Madison]. When he was still a student, he also started a [[Tolkien Societies|Tolkien Society]] there , the [[University of Wisconsin Tolkien and Fantasy Society|University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society]], in September [[1966]]. He has also contributed to its yearly journal, ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]]''.


==Bibliography==  
==Bibliography==  
===Books===
*[[1970]]: ''[[Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist]]'' (first edition)
* [[1981]]: ''[[Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist]]'' (second, updated edition)
* [[2004]]: ''[[A Tolkien Checklist: Selected Criticism 1981-2004]]''
===Articles===
* [[1966]]/[[1967]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 1'' (co-editor)
* [[1966]]/[[1967]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 1'' (co-editor)
**"Introduction"
**"Introduction"
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* [[1967]]/[[1968]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 2'' (co-editor)
* [[1967]]/[[1968]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 2'' (co-editor)
**"Introduction"
**"Introduction"
**"The Tolkinians: Some Introductory Reflections on Alan Garner, Carol Kendall, and Lloyd Alexander"
**"The Tolkienians: Some Introductory Reflections on Alan Garner, Carol Kendall, and Lloyd Alexander"
**"An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement One"
**"An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement One"
* [[1969]]/[[1969]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 3'' (editor)
* [[1969]]/[[1970]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 3'' (editor)
**"Introduction"
**"Introduction"
**"Contemporary Medieval Authors"
**"Contemporary Medieval Authors"
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** "Progress Report on the Variorum Tolkien"
** "Progress Report on the Variorum Tolkien"
** "A Dose of Double Dactyls" (with various others)
** "A Dose of Double Dactyls" (with various others)
*[[1970]]: ''[[Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist]]'' (first edition)
*[[1971]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 5'' (editor)
*[[1971]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 5'' (editor)
**"Errata to Orcrist no. 4"  
**"Errata to Orcrist no. 4"  
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* [[1977]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 8'' (editor)  
* [[1977]]: ''[[Orcrist (journal)|Orcrist]] 8'' (editor)  
**"Introduction"
**"Introduction"
* [[1981]]: ''[[Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist]]'' (second, updated edition)
* [[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]''
* [[2004]]: ''[[A Tolkien Checklist: Selected Criticism 1981-2004]]''
** "Túrin's ''Ofermod'': An Old English Theme in the Development of the Story of Túrin"
* [[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2]]''
* [[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2]]''
**"'And She Named Her Own Name': Being True To One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
**"'And She Named Her Own Name': Being True To One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
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**Tolkien Scholarship: First Decades: 1954-1980  
**Tolkien Scholarship: First Decades: 1954-1980  
**Túrin
**Túrin
 
* [[2011]]: [[Picturing Tolkien|''Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings ''Film Trilogy'']]
** "Neither the Shadow nor the Twilight: The Love Story of Aragorn and Arwen in Literature and Film"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]
**"'Lack of Counsel Not of Courage': J.R.R. Tolkien's Critique of the Heroic Ethos in ''The Children of Húrin''"
==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[1976]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]]''', Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, ''Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist''  
* [[1976]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]]''', Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, ''Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist''  


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~rcwest/orcrist.html Homepage]
* '''[http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~rcwest/ Official website]'''
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Richard C. West (August 1944) is an awarded Tolkien scholar and the Serials and Technical Services Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When he was still a student, he also started a Tolkien Society there , the University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society, in September 1966. He has also contributed to its yearly journal, Orcrist.

Bibliography

Books

Articles

  • 1966/1967: Orcrist 1 (co-editor)
    • "Introduction"
    • "Tolkien in the Letters of C. S. Lewis"
    • "The Interlace and Professor Tolkien: Medieval Narrative Technique in The Lord of the Rings"
    • "An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism"
  • 1967/1968: Orcrist 2 (co-editor)
    • "Introduction"
    • "The Tolkienians: Some Introductory Reflections on Alan Garner, Carol Kendall, and Lloyd Alexander"
    • "An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement One"
  • 1969/1970: Orcrist 3 (editor)
    • "Introduction"
    • "Contemporary Medieval Authors"
    • "An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement Two"
  • 1970: Orcrist 4 (editor)
    • "Introduction"
    • "Progress Report on the Variorum Tolkien"
    • "A Dose of Double Dactyls" (with various others)
  • 1971: Orcrist 5 (editor)
    • "Errata to Orcrist no. 4"
    • "Introduction"
    • "The Critics, and Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis: Reviews"
    • "An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement Three"
  • 1971/1972: Orcrist 6 (editor)
    • "Introduction"
    • "Letters of C. S. Lewis to E. Vinaver"
    • "In Review"
    • "Double dactyls" (with various others)
  • 1973: Orcrist 7 (editor)
    • "Malory and T. H. White"
    • "Brief Mentions"
  • 1975: A Tolkien Compass
    • "The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings" (published in Orcrist 1)
  • 1977: Orcrist 8 (editor)
    • "Introduction"
  • 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium
    • "Túrin's Ofermod: An Old English Theme in the Development of the Story of Túrin"
  • 2005: Tolkien Studies: Volume 2
    • "'And She Named Her Own Name': Being True To One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
  • 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, entries:
    • Finnish Language
    • Lays of Beleriand, The
    • Lewis, Warren Hamilton (1895-1973)
    • Matthew, Fr. Anthony Gervase (1905-76)
    • Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (1893-1957)
    • Suicide
    • Tolkien Scholarship: First Decades: 1954-1980
    • Túrin
  • 2011: Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy
    • "Neither the Shadow nor the Twilight: The Love Story of Aragorn and Arwen in Literature and Film"
  • 2014: Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey
    • "'Lack of Counsel Not of Courage': J.R.R. Tolkien's Critique of the Heroic Ethos in The Children of Húrin"

Awards

  • 1976: Mythopoeic Award, Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist

External links

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