Tolkien Studies: Volume 7

Tolkien Studies: Volume 7
Editor	Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger
Publisher	West Virginia University
Released	August, 2010
Format	Hardcover; electronic
ISSN	1547-3155

Tolkien Studies: Volume 7 is the seventh volume of the annual review Tolkien Studies.

Flieger's contribution "'The Story of Kullervo' and Essays on Kalevala" includes the formerly unpublished manuscripts "The Story of Kullervo" and "On the Kalevala" by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Contents

• Articles
  • Vladimir Brljak: "The Books of Lost Tales: Tolkien as Metafictionist"
  • Péter Kristóf Makai: "Faërian Cyberdrama: When Fantasy becomes Virtual Reality"
  • Michael Milburn: "Coleridge's Definition of Imagination and Tolkien's Definition(s) of Faery"
  • Thomas Fornet-Ponse: "'Strange and free' —On Some Aspects of the Nature of Elves and Men"
  • Mary R. Bowman: "Refining the Gold: Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon, and the Northern Theory of Courage"
  • Thomas Honegger: "Fantasy, Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in Sir Orfeo: The Medieval Foundations of Tolkienian Fantasy"
  • Sherrylyn Branchaw: "Elladan and Elrohir: The Dioscuri in The Lord of the Rings"
  • Yoko Hemmi: "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and His Concept of Native Language: Sindarin and British-Welsh"
  • Margaret Sinex: "'Monsterized Saracens,' Tolkien's Haradrim, and Other Medieval 'Fantasy Products'"
  • Kristine Larsen: "Myth, Milky Way, and the Mysteries of Tolkien's Morwinyon, Telumendil, and Anarríma"
  • John Garth: "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Boy Who Didn't Believe in Fairies"

• Notes and Documents
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Verlyn Flieger: "'The Story of Kullervo' and Essays on Kalevala"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: "The Story of Kullervo: (Kalervonpoika)"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: "On 'The Kalevala' or Land of Heroes"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: "The Kalevala"

• Book Reviews
  • Tom Shippey: "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún" (review)
  • John Garth: "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2" (review) (included in Parma Eldalamberon XVIII)
  • John D. Rateliff: "The Hobbitonian Anthology of Articles on J.R.R. Tolkien and His Legendarium" (review)
  • John D. Rateliff: "Tolkien's View: Windows into His World" (review)
  • Arden R. Smith: "Languages, Myths and History: An Introduction to the Linguistic and Literary Background of J.R.R. Tolkien's Fiction" (review)

• "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2007", by David Bratman
• "Bibliography (in English) for 2008", by Rebecca Epstein, Michael D.C. Drout, David Bratman

External links

• Tolkien Studies: Volume 7 at Project Muse