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	'''The Dragon's Visit''' is a humorous poem about a [[Dragons\|dragon]], written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] (probably in [[1928]]) in his series ''[[Tales and Songs of Bimble Bay]]''. When submitting a number of poems for ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil\|The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book]]'' in [[1962]], "The Dragon's Visit" was included but was eventually omitted from the collection.<ref>{{CG\|RG}}, p. 214</ref> [[Douglas A. Anderson]] has suggested that Tolkien perhaps thought the poem unsuitable within the [[legendarium]].<ref>{{HM\|AH}}, p. 309-11</ref>		'''The Dragon's Visit''' is a humorous poem about a [[Dragons\|dragon]], written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] (probably in [[1928]]) in his series ''[[Tales and Songs of Bimble Bay]]''. When submitting a number of poems for ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil\|The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book]]'' in [[1962]], "The Dragon's Visit" was included but was eventually omitted from the collection.<ref>{{CG\|RG}}, p. 214</ref> [[Douglas A. Anderson]] has suggested that Tolkien perhaps thought the poem unsuitable within the [[legendarium]].<ref>{{HM\|AH}}, p. 309-11</ref>
−		+	==Publication history==
	The poem was first published on [[4 February\|February 4]]th, [[1937]] within ''The Oxford Magazine'' (Volume 55, Number 11). A revised version of the poem, with a different ending, was printed in ''[[Winter's Tales for Children 1]]'' (October [[1965]]) and in ''[[The Young Magicians]]'' ([[1969]]). The original poem (together with the revised ending) was included in [[Douglas A. Anderson]]'s ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]'' in [[1988]] and in ''[[Tales Before Narnia]]'' in [[2008]].<ref>{{webcite\|author=[[John D. Rateliff]]\|articleurl=http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-arrival-winters-tales-for-children.html\|articlename=The New Arrival: WINTER'S TALES FOR CHILDREN\|dated=13 July 2009\|website=[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/ Sacnoth's Scriptorium blog]\|accessed=27 February 2012}}</ref>		The poem was first published on [[4 February\|February 4]]th, [[1937]] within ''The Oxford Magazine'' (Volume 55, Number 11). A revised version of the poem, with a different ending, was printed in ''[[Winter's Tales for Children 1]]'' (October [[1965]]) and in ''[[The Young Magicians]]'' ([[1969]]). The original poem (together with the revised ending) was included in [[Douglas A. Anderson]]'s ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]'' in [[1988]] and in ''[[Tales Before Narnia]]'' in [[2008]].<ref>{{webcite\|author=[[John D. Rateliff]]\|articleurl=http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-arrival-winters-tales-for-children.html\|articlename=The New Arrival: WINTER'S TALES FOR CHILDREN\|dated=13 July 2009\|website=[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/ Sacnoth's Scriptorium blog]\|accessed=27 February 2012}}</ref>
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−	[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien~~\|Dragon's Visit, The~~]]	+	==Critical reception==
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		+	[[John D. Rateliff]] has noted that he considers the "The Dragon's Visit" to be "one of Tolkien's best poems".<ref>[[John D. Rateliff]], [http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/lewis-tales-before-narnia/ Review of ''Tales Before Narnia''], [[Mythlore 107/108\|''Mythlore'' 107/108]]</ref>
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'''''Mythlore'' 107/108''' is an issue of the ''[[Mythlore]]'' journal (Volume 28, Issue 1/2; 2009 Fall/Winter), published by the [[Mythopoeic Society]].

==Table of Contents==

*Editorial — [[Janet Brennan Croft]]

*"Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism of Water in 19th-Century Scottish Folklore" — Jason Marc Harris
*"The Noldor and the Tuatha Dé Danaan: J.R.R. Tolkien's Irish Influences" — Annie Kinniburgh
*"Tolkien's ''Sigurd & Gudrún'': Summary, Sources, & Analogs" — Pierre H. Berube
*"Amanda McKittrick Ros and the Inklings" — Anita G. Gorman and Leslie Robertson Mateer
*"Ancient Myths in Contemporary Cinema: Oedipus Rex and Perceval the Knight of the Holy Grail in ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''The Sixth Sense''" — Inbar Shaham
*"The Heart of the Labyrinth: Reading Jim Henson's ''Labyrinth'' as a Modern Dream Vision" — Shiloh Carroll
*"No Sex in Narnia? How Hans Christian Andersen’s 'Snow Queen' Problematizes C.S. Lewis's ''The Chronicles of Narnia''" — Jennifer L. Miller
*"Innocence as a Super-power: Little Girls on the Hero's Journey" — David Emerson
*"Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" — Janet Brennan Croft

*Reviews
**''[[Tales Before Narnia|Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction]]''. Ed. [[Douglas A. Anderson]]. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/lewis-tales-before-narnia/ Review] by [[John D. Rateliff]])
**''The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures In Narnia''. Laura Miller. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/miller-magicians-book/ Review] by Joe R. Christopher)
**''Projecting Tolkien's Musical Worlds: A Study of Musical Affect in Howard Shore's Soundtrack to Lord of the Rings''. By Matthew Young. (Review by [[Jason Fisher]])
**''Esotericism, Art, and Imagination''. Eds. Arthur Versluis, Lee Irwin, John Richards, and Melinda Weinstein. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/esotericism-art-and-imagination/ Review] by Emily E. Auger)
**''The Annotated Wind in the Willows''. By Kenneth Grahame; introduction by Brian Jacques; edited with a preface and notes by Annie Gauger. ''The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition''. By Kenneth Grahame; edited by Seth Lerer. ''The Illustrators of The Wind in the Willows, 1908-2008''. By Carolyn Hares-Stryker. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/wind-in-the-willows/ Review] by Janet Brennan Croft)
**''Truths Breathed Through Silver: The Inklings' Moral and Mythopoeic Legacy''. Ed. Jonathan B. Himes, with Joe R. Christopher and Salwa Khoddam. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/truths-breathed-through-silver/ Review] by John D. Rateliff)
**''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 6|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume VI]]''. Edited by Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D.C. Drout, and Verlyn Flieger. ([http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/tolkien-studies-6/ Review] by Janet Brennan Croft)

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