Tolkien Studies: Volume 7

Tolkien Studies: Volume 7
Editor	Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger
Publisher	West Virginia University
Released	August, 2010
Format	Hardcover; electronic
ISSN	1547-3155

Tolkien Studies: Volume 7, published in 2010, is the seventh volume of the annual review Tolkien Studies.

Verlyn Flieger's article "'The Story of Kullervo' and Essays on Kalevala" published three formerly unpublished texts by J.R.R. Tolkien, one of "The Story of Kullervo" and two drafts of "On the Kalevala". The whole article, revised and enlarged, was published as the book The Story of Kullervo in 2015.

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Contents

• Articles
  • Vladimir Brljak, "The Books of Lost Tales: Tolkien as Metafictionist"
  • Péter Kristóf Makai, "Faërian Cyberdrama: When Fantasy becomes Virtual Reality"
  • Michael Milburn, "Coleridge's Definition of Imagination and Tolkien's Definition(s) of Faery"
  • Thomas Fornet-Ponse, "'Strange and free'—On Some Aspects of the Nature of Elves and Men"
  • Mary R. Bowman, "Refining the Gold: Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon, and the Northern Theory of Courage"
  • Thomas Honegger, "Fantasy, Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in Sir Orfeo: The Medieval Foundations of Tolkienian Fantasy"
  • Sherrylyn Branchaw, "Elladan and Elrohir: The Dioscuri in The Lord of the Rings"
  • Yoko Hemmi, "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and His Concept of Native Language: Sindarin and British-Welsh"
  • Margaret Sinex, "'Monsterized Saracens,' Tolkien's Haradrim, and Other Medieval 'Fantasy Products'"
  • Kristine Larsen, "Myth, Milky Way, and the Mysteries of Tolkien's Morwinyon, Telumendil, and Anarríma"

• Notes and Documents
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Verlyn Flieger, "'The Story of Kullervo' and Essays on Kalevala"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Story of Kullervo: (Kalervonpoika)"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, "On 'The Kalevala' or Land of Heroes"
    • J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Kalevala"
  • John Garth, "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Boy Who Didn't Believe in Fairies"

• Book Reviews
  • The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, reviewed by Tom Shippey
  • Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2 (Parma Eldalamberon 18), by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne, and Arden R. Smith, reviewed by John Garth
  • The Hobbitonian Anthology of Articles on J.R.R. Tolkien and His Legendarium, by Mark T. Hooker, reviewed by John D. Rateliff
  • Languages, Myths and History: An Introduction to the Linguistic and Literary Background of J.R.R. Tolkien's Fiction, by Elizabeth Solopova, reviewed by Arden R. Smith
  • Tolkien's View: Windows into His World, by J. S. Ryan, reviewed by John D. Rateliff
  • Book Notes, by Douglas A. Anderson

• David Bratman, "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2007"
• Rebecca Epstein, Michael D.C. Drout, and David Bratman, "Bibliography (in English) for 2008"

External links

• Tolkien Studies: Volume 7 at Project Muse