Tom Shippey
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| Tom Shippey | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born | September 9th, 1943 |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Author |
Thomas Alan Shippey (1943) taught at the University of Oxford at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien and with the same syllabus, which gives him an intimate familiarity with the works that fueled Tolkien's imagination. He subsequently held the chair of English language and medieval literature at Leeds University that Tolkien had previously held. He currently holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St. Louis University in Missouri.
Bibliography
- 1982: The Road to Middle-earth (first edition)
- 1993: The Road to Middle-earth (second edition)
- 2000: J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances
- "Orcs, Wraiths, Wights: Tolkien's Images of Evil"
- 2001: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
- 2002: Foreword to third edition of A Tolkien Compass
- 2003: The Road to Middle-earth (third edition)
- 2005: Understanding The Lord of the Rings
- Article on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings
- 2006 - J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, entries:
- Alliterative Verse by Tolkien
- Tom Buchan, John (1875-1940)
- Cruces in Medieval Literature
- Lewis, C.S. (1898-1963)
- Literature, Twentieth Century: Influence of Tolkien
- Mythology, Germanic
- New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, A
- Old Norse Language
- Owl and the Nightingale, The
- Poems by Tolkien in Other Languages
- Poems by Tolkien: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Poems by Tolkien: Uncollected
- Scholars of Medieval Literature, Influence of
- Ylfe, Álfar, Elves
- 2007: Roots and Branches
- 2008: Foreword to edition of Tales from the Perilous Realm
Awards
- 1984 - Mythopoeic Award, Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, The Road to Middle-earth
- 2001 - Mythopoeic Award, Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
- 2001 - World Fantasy Award, Special Award Professional, J.R.R. Tolkien:Author of the Century
