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Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth is a collection of writings by Tolkien scholars concerning The History of Middle-earth, the series by Christopher Tolkien revealing extensively the development of the Middle-earth legendarium and texts that comprised The Silmarillion. It was overseen by Carl F. Hostetter and Verlyn Flieger, and released in 2000.

"The material in these volumes offers an unparalleled insight into Tolkien's process of myth-making and is a guide to the world of his literary works. This book is the first comprehensive critical examination of Christopher Tolkien's collection of his father's Middle-earth legends."
The publisher

Essays[]

Part I: The History[]

Rayner Unwin, "Early Days of Elder Days"

  • Christina Scull, "The Development of Tolkien's Legendarium: Some Threads in the Tapestry of Middle-earth"
  • Wayne G. Hammond, "'A Continuing and Evolving Creation': Distractions in the Later History of Middle-earth"
  • Charles Noad, "On the Construction of The Silmarillion"
  • David Bratman, "The Literary Value of The History of Middle-earth"

Part II: The Languages[]

  • Christopher Gilson, "Gnomish Is Sindarin: The Conceptual Evolution of an Elvish Language"
  • Arden R. Smith, "Certhas, Skirditaila, Futhark: A Feigned History of Runic Origins"
  • Patrick Wynne & Carl F. Hostetter, "Three Elvish Verse Modes: Ann-thennath, Minlamad thent / estent, and Linnod"

Part III: The Cauldron and the Cook[]

  • Joe R. Christopher, "Tolkien's Lyric Poetry"
  • Paul Edmund Thomas, "Some of Tolkien's Narrators"
  • Verlyn Flieger, "The Footsteps of Ælfwine"
  • John Rateliff, "The Lost Road, The Dark Tower, and The Notion Club Papers: Tolkien and Lewis's Time Travel Triad"
  • Marjorie Burns, "Gandalf and Odin"
  • Richard C. West, "Túrin's Ofermod: An Old English Theme in the Development of the Story of Túrin"
  • Appendix: "Christopher Tolkien: A Bibliography" by Douglas A. Anderson

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