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A Tolkien Compass: Fascinating Studies and Interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Most Popular Epic Fantasies is a collection of writings based off of J.R.R. Tolkien's books and related lore. These writings were edited by University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society member, Jared Lobdell.

The first edition was published in 1975, with a second edition released in 1980 and a third in 2003, with a Foreword by Tom Shippey.

First edition essays[]

  • Bonniejean Christensen, "Gollum's Character Transformation in The Hobbit"
  • Dorothy Matthews, "The Psychological Journey of Bilbo Baggins"
  • Walter Scheps, "The Fairy-tale Morality of The Lord of the Rings"
  • Agnes Perkins and Helen Hill, "The Corruption of Power"
  • Deborah C. Rogers, "Everyclod and Everyhero: The Image of Man in Tolkien"
  • Richard C. West, "The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings"
  • David M. Miller, "Narrative Pattern in The Fellowship of the Ring"
  • Robert Plank, "'The Scouring of the Shire': Tolkien's View on Fascism"
  • Charles A. Huttar, "Hell and The City: Tolkien and the Traditions of Western Literature"
  • U. Milo Kaufmann, "Aspects of the Paradisical in Tolkien's Work"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings"

The later editions (2003 and beyond) exclude the final essay by Tolkien due to objections by the Tolkien Estate.[1]

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Books by Jared Lobdell