Thomas M. Honegger

Thomas M. Honegger
Biographical information
Education	English and German (medieval) literatures and languages at the University of Zurich 1988/89 studies in Britain and Teaching Assistant in California
Occupation	Professor of Old English Languages
Location	Friedrich Schiller University

Thomas M. Honegger, born in Zurich, is a professor of Old English Languages at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. He is an editor and contributor to Walking Tree Publishers' Cormarë series and a member of the board of advisors of Hither Shore.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 2003: Cormarë 4: Tolkien in Translation (editor)
• 2004: Cormarë 7: Translating Tolkien: Text and Film (editor)
• 2014: Cormarë 31: From Peterborough to Faëry (co-editor)
• 2016: Cormarë 35: Laughter in Middle-earth (co-editor)
• 2019: Cormarë 40: Sub-creating Arda (co-editor with Dimitra Fimi)

Articles

• 1997: Symbolik von Ort und Raum
  • "In einer Höhle in der Erde, da lebte ein Hobbit."
• 1997: Cormarë 1: News from the Shire and Beyond - Studies on Tolkien: Co-editor
  • "Tolkien Studies : News from the Shire and Beyond Indeed"
  • "From Bag End to Lórien: the Creation of a Literary World"
• 1998: Le Tolkieniste
  • "Tolkien and Medieval Studies"
• 1999: Cormarë 2: Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien
  • "The Monster, the Critics, and the Public: Literary Criticism after the Poll"
  • "The Man in the Moon: Structural Depth in Tolkien"
• 1999: Inklings (journal) 17
  • "Éowyn, Aragorn and the Hidden Dangers of Drink"
• 2004: Cormarë 7: Translating Tolkien: Text and Film
  • "The Westron Turned into Modern English: The Translator and Tolkien's Web of Languages"
• 2004: Tolkien Studies: Volume 1
  • "A Note on Beren and Lúthien's Disguise as Werewolf And Vampire-Bat"
• 2004: Tolkien, Trente ans après
  • "De l'occidentalien à l'anglais moderne: le traducteur et le réseau de langages tolkienien" (translated by Daniel Lauzon)
• 2004: Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 45
  • "Tolkiens moralischer Kosmos"
• 2004: Hither Shore 2
  • "Ein Mythos für das 20. Jahrhundert: Blut, Rasse und Erbgedächtnis bei Tolkien"(with Dieter Bachmann)
  • "'There was an old woman, lived under a hill ...' – A Proto-Hobbit Uncovered?"
• 2005: Cormarë 8: Reconsidering Tolkien: Editor
  • "Tolkien Through the Eyes of a Mediaevalist"
• 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, entries:
  • Ælfwine (Old English "Elf-friend")
  • Finn and Hengest
  • Food
  • Germany
  • Germany: Reception of Tolkien
  • Lembas
  • Rings of Power
  • Tolkien, Christopher Reuel
  • Treason
• 2006: Cormarë 9: Tolkien and Modernity 1: Co-editor
  • "Introduction"
• 2006: Cultural Studies in the EFL Classroom
  • "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Beyond the Printed Text" {with Jana Honegger)
• 2006: Cormarë 10: Tolkien and Modernity 2: Co-editor
  • "Introduction"
  • "The Passing of the Elves and the Arrival of Modernity: Tolkien's 'Mythical Method'"
• 2007: Cormarë 14: Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings: Co-editor
  • "A Mythology for England? Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth"
• 2008: Cormarë 18: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration: Co-editor
• 2010: Tolkien Studies: Volume 7
  • "Fantasy, Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in Sir Orfeo: The Medieval Foundations of Tolkienian Fantasy."
• 2011: Tolkien and the Study of His Sources
  • "The Rohirrim: 'Anglo-Saxons on Horseback'? An Inquiry into Tolkien's Use of Sources"
• 2011: Tolkien aujourd'hui
  • "A good dragon is hard to find; or from draconitas to draco"
• 2013: Tolkien Studies: Volume 10
  • "My Most Precious Riddle: Eggs and Rings Revisited"
• 2013: J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City
  • "'Raw Forest' versus 'Cooked City' — Lévi-Strauss in Middle-earth"
• 2014: From Peterborough to Faëry
  • "From Faëry to Madness: The Facts in the Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft"
• 2015: tolkienestate.com
  • "The Homecoming of Beorhnoth Beorhthelm's Son"
• 2017: Binding Them All: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on J.R.R. Tolkien and His Works
  • "Meet the Professor' A Present-day Colleague's View of Tolkien's Academic Life and Work"
• 2017: Journal of Tolkien Research
  • "Riders, Chivalry, and Knighthood in Tolkien"
• 2018: A Wilderness of Dragons: Essays in Honor of Verlyn Flieger
  • "Splintered Heroes – Heroic Variety and its Function in The Lord of the Rings"

External links

• Profile at the Friedrich Schiller University website