Tolkien Studies : An Annual Scholarly Review | Some of the finest work on Tolkien

Tolkien Studies : An Annual Scholarly Review | A much-needed journal

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Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review is a scholarly journal which presents and reviews critical commentary and scholarship about J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. It is published as a single, hardbound volume each spring.

Some of the finest work on Tolkien

In a collection of this quality, it would be difficult to single out even a few of the "best" essays. Just about all of them would be "best" essays in any collection, and to find them all here in one place makes the debut issue of "Tolkien Studies" indispensable.

A few of my own particlar favorites from this issue are the contributions by Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, Anne Petty, Michael Drout, and Mark Hooker. I also really enjoyed Thomas Honegger's and Dale Nelson's short source studies. And in a class all by itself, we have Carl Hostetter's presentation of Tolkien's own edition of the Middle English "Sir Orfeo", a text almost impossible to get hold of prior to its publication in Tolkien Studies. In my view, the volume is worth its cover price for this alone. But when you consider what else you're getting, the price becomes downright economical.

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A much-needed journal

This beautifully-produced annual journal is well worth the price for academic libraries, though it may be a bit steep for all but the most dedicated students of Tolkien. The first issue includes articles by some of the outstanding scholars in the field, and future issues should be just as impressive. The articles by Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, and Anne Petty were particularly good. If your interests are linguistic in nature, this issue includes a nicely meaty examination of _Sir Orfeo_ by Carl Hostetter. Because of my own interests, I found the articles by Mark Hooker (on Sam as "batman" to Frodo) and Michael Drout (on the influence of _King Lear_ on several key passages in _The Lord of the Rings_) particularly thought-provoking. All in all, a satisfying read, and I look forward to future issues. And it just looks gorgeous, with its gold-stamped cloth spine!

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