Tolkien and the Study of His Sources

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Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays is a collection by Jason Fisher of scholarly essays about J.R.R. Tolkien and the inspirations behind the legendarium of Arda. It was published by McFarland & Company in 2011.

In 2014, the book earned the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies.

"A valuable book for anyone serious about Tolkien. It not only adds new, confirming material to what is known about Tolkien’s sources but covers areas of influence previously denied or underplayed."

—Endorsement by Marjorie Burns

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Tom Shippey, "Introduction: Why Source Criticism?"
E.L. Risden, "Source Criticism: Background and Applications"
Jason Fisher, "Tolkien and Source Criticism: Remarking and Remaking"
Nicholas Burns, "The Stones and the Book: Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and Biblical Mythopoeia"
Kristine Larsen, "Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing"
Miryam Librán-Moreno, "'Byzantium, New Rome!': Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in The Lord of the Rings"
Thomas Honegger, "The Rohirrim: 'Anglo-Saxons on Horseback'? An Inquiry into Tolkien's Use of Sources"
Judy Ann Ford, "William Caxton's The Golden Legend as a Source for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings"
John D. Rateliff, "She and Tolkien, Revisited"
Mark T. Hooker, "Reading John Buchan in Search of J.R.R. Tolkien"
Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long, "Biography as Source: Niggles and Notions"

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