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'''''"The Bones of the Ox": J.R.R. Tolkien and Source Criticism''''' is a forthcoming book edited by [[Jason Fisher]]. The work will include "''new primary material: quotations from a handful of previously unpublished letters as well as from Tolkien’s unpublished lecture notes on the 'Legends of the Goths'''".<ref>[http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/01/bones-of-ox.html The Bones of the Ox] at [http://lingwe.blogspot.com/ Lingwë] (accessed 6 February 2010)</ref>
'''''Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays''''',<ref group="note">The title was first announced as ''"The Bones of the Ox": J.R.R. Tolkien and Source Criticism''.</ref> edited by [[Jason Fisher]], is a collection of essays on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The book includes "''new primary material: quotations from a handful of previously unpublished letters as well as from Tolkien’s unpublished lecture notes on the 'Legends of the Goths'''".<ref>[http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/01/bones-of-ox.html The Bones of the Ox] at [http://lingwe.blogspot.com/ Lingwë] (accessed 6 February 2011)</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
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*"Tolkien and Source Criticism: Remarking and Remaking" (Jason Fisher)
*"Tolkien and Source Criticism: Remarking and Remaking" (Jason Fisher)
*"The Stones and the Book: Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and Biblical Mythopoeia" (Nicholas Birns)
*"The Stones and the Book: Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and Biblical Mythopoeia" (Nicholas Birns)
*"Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing" (Kristine Larsen)
*"Sea Birds and Morning Stars: Ceyx, Alcyone, and the Many Metamorphoses of Eärendil and Elwing" ([[Kristine Larsen]])
*"'Byzantium, New Rome!': Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in ''The Lord of the Rings''" (Miryam Librán-Moreno)
*"'Byzantium, New Rome!': Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in ''The Lord of the Rings''" (Miryam Librán-Moreno)
*"The Rohirrim: 'Anglo-Saxons on Horseback'? An Inquiry into Tolkien's Use of Sources" ([[Thomas Honegger]])
*"The Rohirrim: 'Anglo-Saxons on Horseback'? An Inquiry into Tolkien's Use of Sources" ([[Thomas Honegger]])
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*"Reading John Buchan in Search of J.R.R. Tolkien" ([[Mark T. Hooker]])
*"Reading John Buchan in Search of J.R.R. Tolkien" ([[Mark T. Hooker]])
*"Biography as Source: Niggles and Notions" (Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long)
*"Biography as Source: Niggles and Notions" (Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long)
==From the publisher==
Over the past four decades, source criticism--the analysis of a writer's source material--has emerged as one of the most popular approaches in exploring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Since Tolkien drew from a wide range of disparate sources in the construction of his legendarium--''The Book of Lost Tales'', ''The Hobbit'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and beyond--an understanding of the sources Tolkien used, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers' appreciation of his works. This compendium by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism of Tolkien's works and then provides practical demonstrations of the approach. Ranging widely across Tolkien's writings, as well as across the periods and genres from which he took inspiration, the essays provide the most balanced and comprehensive demonstration of Tolkien source criticism available.<ref>"[http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-6482-1 Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]" at [http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/index.html MacFarlandPub.com] (accessed 2 June 2011)</ref>
==Further reading==
*Review: [[Janet Brennan Croft]], "On the origin of ideas", ''[[Mallorn]]'', [[Mallorn 53|vol. 53]] (Spring [[2012]])


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/203 Tolkien and the Study of his Sources: An Interview with Jason Fisher]
*[http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/01/bones-of-ox.html Announcement on the blog Lingwë]
*[http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/01/bones-of-ox.html Announcement on the blog Lingwë]
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Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays
Tolkien and the Study of His Sources.jpg
AuthorEdited by Jason Fisher
PublisherMcFarland
ReleasedAugust 2011
FormatPaperback
ISBN978-0-7864-6482-1

Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays,[note 1] edited by Jason Fisher, is a collection of essays on J.R.R. Tolkien. The book includes "new primary material: quotations from a handful of previously unpublished letters as well as from Tolkien’s unpublished lecture notes on the 'Legends of the Goths'".[1]

Contents

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

From the publisher

Over the past four decades, source criticism--the analysis of a writer's source material--has emerged as one of the most popular approaches in exploring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Since Tolkien drew from a wide range of disparate sources in the construction of his legendarium--The Book of Lost Tales, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and beyond--an understanding of the sources Tolkien used, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers' appreciation of his works. This compendium by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism of Tolkien's works and then provides practical demonstrations of the approach. Ranging widely across Tolkien's writings, as well as across the periods and genres from which he took inspiration, the essays provide the most balanced and comprehensive demonstration of Tolkien source criticism available.[2]

Further reading

External links

Notes

  1. The title was first announced as "The Bones of the Ox": J.R.R. Tolkien and Source Criticism.

References

  1. The Bones of the Ox at Lingwë (accessed 6 February 2011)
  2. "Tolkien and the Study of His Sources" at MacFarlandPub.com (accessed 2 June 2011)