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'''Verlyn Flieger''' is an author who has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books including: [[A Question of Time]] and [[Splintered Light]] as well as an article in [[Mythos Journal]].
'''Verlyn Flieger''' ([[24 February]] [[1933]]) is the Professor in the Department of English at [[wikipedia:University of Maryland|the University of Maryland]]. She has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books. She is also a multiple [[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]] winner.


== Publications ==
With [[Michael D.C. Drout]], Flieger is co-editor of ''[[Tolkien Studies|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://wvupressonline.com/journals/tolkien_studies|articlename=Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review|dated=|website=[http://wvupressonline.com/ West Virginia University Press]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for [[Walking Tree Publishers]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.walking-tree.org/board_of_advisors.php|articlename=Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors|dated=|website=[http://www.walking-tree.org/ Walking Tree Publihers]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref>
*''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4]]'' ([[2007]])
 
*''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3]]'' ([[2006]])
== Bibliography==
*''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2]]'' ([[2005]])
===Books===
*''[[Interrupted Music]]'' ([[2005]])
* [[1983]]: ''[[Splintered Light]]''
*''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' by J.R.R. Tolkien, extended critical edition ([[2005]])
* [[1988]]: ''[[A Question of Time]]''
*''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1]]'' ([[2004]])
* [[2000]]: [[Tolkien's Legendarium|''Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on'' The History of Middle-earth]] (editor, with [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
*''[[Splintered Light]]'' (revised edition) ([[2002]])
* [[2002]]: ''Splintered Light'' (expanded edition)
*''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]'' ([[2000]])
* [[2005]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor)
*''[[A Question of Time]]'' ([[1988]])
* [[2005]]: ''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]''
*''[[Splintered Light]]'' ([[1983]])
* [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (editor, with [[Douglas A. Anderson]])
* [[2011]]: ''[[Green Suns and Faërie|Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
* [[2015]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor, pocket edition)
* [[2015]]: ''[[The Story of Kullervo]]'' (editor)
 
===Articles===
*[[1986]]: ''[[Diakonia: Studies in Honor of Robert T. Meyer]]''
**"Naming the Unnameable: The Neoplatonic 'One' in Tolkien's Silmarillion"
*[[1987]]: ''[[Selections from the Marquette J.R.R. Tolkien Collection]]''
**"A Tale that Grew in the Telling"
*[[1993]]: ''[[Scholarship and Fantasy]]''
**"The Green Man, the Green Knight, and Treebeard: Scholarship and Invention in Tolkien's Fiction"
* [[1994]]: ''[[Mythos Journal]]''
** "Pitfalls in Faëry"
* [[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
** "Tolkien's Experiment with Time: The Lost Road, The Notion Club Papers and J.W.Dunne"
* [[1998]]: ''[[Between Faith and Fiction|Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World]]''
** "Whose Myth is it?"
* [[2000]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances]]''
** "Taking the Part of Trees: Eco-Conflict in Middle-earth"
* [[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]'' (editor, with [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
** "The Footsteps of Ælfwine"
* [[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1]]'' (editor)
** "Editors' Introduction"
** "Do the Atlantis story and abandon Eriol-Saga"
* [[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2]]'' (editor)
** "Editors' Introduction"
* [[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', entries
** "Arthurian Romance"
** "Barfield, Owen"
** "Faërie"
** "Frame Narrative"
** "Light"
** "Lost Road, The"
** "Memory"
** "Old Norse Translations"
** "Poems by Tolkien: The Hobbit"
** "Poems by Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings"
** "Smith of Wooton Major"
** "Time"
** "Time Travel"
* [[2006]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3]]'' (editor)
** "Editors' Introduction"
** "Karen Wynn Fonstad"
* [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4]]'' (editor)
** "The Curious Incident of the Dream at the Barrow: Memory and Reincarnation in Middle-earth"
* [[2007]]: ''[[Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings]]''
** "When is a Fairy Story a Faërie Story? Smith of Wootton Major"
* [[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5]]'' (editor)
** "Editors' Introduction"
* [[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration]]''
** "Gilson, Smith and Baggins"
* [[2011]]: [[Picturing Tolkien|''Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings ''Film Trilogy'']]
** "Sometimes One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures"
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Broken Scythe|The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
** Preface
* [[2013]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City]]''
** "The Forests and the Trees: Sal and Ian in Faërie"
*[[2013]]: [[Mythlore 123|''Mythlore'' 123]]
**"How Trees Behave—Or Do They?"
* [[2014]]: [[The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology|The Hobbit ''and Tolkien's Mythology'']]
** "Tolkien’s French Connection"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]''
**"The Jewels, the Stone, the Ring, and the Making of Meaning"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien and Philosophy]]''
**"Tolkien and the Philosophy of Language"
 
===Journals (editor)===
*[[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2006]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 3]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 4]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2009]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 6|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2010]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 7|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2012]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 9|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 9]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2013]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 10|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 10]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 11|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 11]]'' (co-editor)
 
==Awards==
* [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie]]''
* [[2002]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth]]''
* [[2013]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Green Suns and Faërie|Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]''


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2006/04/20/NewsonCampus/The-Real.Lord.Of.The.Rings-2325215.shtml The real lord of the rings]
* '''[http://mythus.com/ Official website]'''
* [http://mythus.com/ Verlyn Flieger's web-page]
* [[wikipedia:Verlyn Flieger|Verlyn Flieger]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87vHzNFadU Lecture at TEDx Talks]


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Verlyn Flieger
Biographical information
Born24 February 1933[1]
EducationPh.D. from The Catholic University of America
OccupationAuthor, Professor

Verlyn Flieger (24 February 1933) is the Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland. She has written several J.R.R. Tolkien-related books. She is also a multiple Mythopoeic Award winner.

With Michael D.C. Drout, Flieger is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review.[2] She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers.[3]

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Articles

Journals (editor)

Awards

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