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'''Verlyn Flieger''' is the Professor in the Department of English at [[wikipedia:University of Maryland|the University of Maryland]]. She has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books. She is also a multiple [[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]] winner. | '''Verlyn Flieger''' is the Professor in the Department of English at [[wikipedia:University of Maryland|the University of Maryland]]. She has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books. She is also a multiple [[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]] winner. | ||
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| + | With [[Michael D.C. Drout]], Flieger is co-editor of ''[[Tolkien Studies|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://wvupressonline.com/journals/tolkien_studies|articlename=Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review|dated=|website=[http://wvupressonline.com/ West Virginia University Press]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for [[Walking Tree Publishers]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.walking-tree.org/board_of_advisors.php|articlename=Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors|dated=|website=[http://www.walking-tree.org/ Walking Tree Publihers]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
== Bibliography== | == Bibliography== | ||
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* [[1983]]: ''[[Splintered Light]]'' | * [[1983]]: ''[[Splintered Light]]'' | ||
* [[1988]]: ''[[A Question of Time]]'' | * [[1988]]: ''[[A Question of Time]]'' | ||
| − | * [[2000]]: | + | * [[2000]]: [[Tolkien's Legendarium|''Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on'' The History of Middle-earth]] (editor, with [[Carl F. Hostetter]]) |
* [[2002]]: ''Splintered Light'' (expanded edition) | * [[2002]]: ''Splintered Light'' (expanded edition) | ||
* [[2005]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor) | * [[2005]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor) | ||
* [[2005]]: ''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]'' | * [[2005]]: ''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]'' | ||
| − | * [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien | + | * [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (editor, with [[Douglas A. Anderson]]) |
| + | * [[2011]]: ''[[Green Suns and Faëire|Green Suns and Faëire: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
| + | *[[1986]]: ''[[Diakonia: Studies in Honor of Robert T. Meyer]]'' | ||
| + | **"Naming the Unnameable: The Neoplatonic 'One' in Tolkien's Silmarillion" | ||
| + | *[[1987]]: ''[[Selections from the Marquette J.R.R. Tolkien Collection]]'' | ||
| + | **"A Tale that Grew in the Telling" | ||
*[[1993]]: ''[[Scholarship and Fantasy]]'' | *[[1993]]: ''[[Scholarship and Fantasy]]'' | ||
**"The Green Man, the Green Knight, and Treebeard: Scholarship and Invention in Tolkien's Fiction" | **"The Green Man, the Green Knight, and Treebeard: Scholarship and Invention in Tolkien's Fiction" | ||
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* [[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]'' | * [[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]'' | ||
** "Tolkien's Experiment with Time: The Lost Road, The Notion Club Papers and J.W.Dunne" | ** "Tolkien's Experiment with Time: The Lost Road, The Notion Club Papers and J.W.Dunne" | ||
| + | * [[1998]]: ''[[Between Faith and Fiction|Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World]]'' | ||
| + | ** "Whose Myth is it?" | ||
* [[2000]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances]]'' | * [[2000]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances]]'' | ||
** "Taking the Part of Trees: Eco-Conflict in Middle-earth" | ** "Taking the Part of Trees: Eco-Conflict in Middle-earth" | ||
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* [[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration]]'' | * [[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration]]'' | ||
** "Gilson, Smith and Baggins" | ** "Gilson, Smith and Baggins" | ||
| + | * [[2011]]: [[Picturing Tolkien|''Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings ''Film Trilogy'']] | ||
| + | ** "Sometimes One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures" | ||
| + | * [[2012]]: ''[[The Broken Scythe|The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' | ||
| + | ** Preface | ||
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| + | ===Journals (editor)=== | ||
| + | *[[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2006]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 3]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 4]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2009]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 6|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2010]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 7|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8]]'' (co-editor) | ||
| + | *[[2012]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 9|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 9]]'' (co-editor) | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
* [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie]]'' | * [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie]]'' | ||
* [[2002]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth]]'' | * [[2002]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth]]'' | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* '''[http://mythus.com/ Official website]''' | * '''[http://mythus.com/ Official website]''' | ||
* [[wikipedia:Verlyn Flieger|Verlyn Flieger]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]] | * [[wikipedia:Verlyn Flieger|Verlyn Flieger]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]] | ||
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| Verlyn Flieger | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born | 24 February 1933[1] |
| Occupation | Author, Professor |
Verlyn Flieger is the Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland. She has written several J.R.R. Tolkien-related books. She is also a multiple Mythopoeic Award winner.
With Michael D.C. Drout, Flieger is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review.[2] She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers.[3]
Contents |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- 1983: Splintered Light
- 1988: A Question of Time
- 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth (editor, with Carl F. Hostetter)
- 2002: Splintered Light (expanded edition)
- 2005: Smith of Wootton Major (editor)
- 2005: Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology
- 2007: Tolkien On Fairy-stories (editor, with Douglas A. Anderson)
- 2011: Green Suns and Faëire: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien
[edit] Articles
- 1986: Diakonia: Studies in Honor of Robert T. Meyer
- "Naming the Unnameable: The Neoplatonic 'One' in Tolkien's Silmarillion"
- 1987: Selections from the Marquette J.R.R. Tolkien Collection
- "A Tale that Grew in the Telling"
- 1993: Scholarship and Fantasy
- "The Green Man, the Green Knight, and Treebeard: Scholarship and Invention in Tolkien's Fiction"
- 1994: Mythos Journal
- "Pitfalls in Faëry"
- 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
- "Tolkien's Experiment with Time: The Lost Road, The Notion Club Papers and J.W.Dunne"
- 1998: Between Faith and Fiction: Tolkien and the Powers of His World
- "Whose Myth is it?"
- 2000: J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances
- "Taking the Part of Trees: Eco-Conflict in Middle-earth"
- 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium (editor, with Carl F. Hostetter)
- "The Footsteps of Ælfwine"
- 2004: Tolkien Studies: Volume 1 (editor)
- "Editors' Introduction"
- "Do the Atlantis story and abandon Eriol-Saga"
- 2005: Tolkien Studies: Volume 2 (editor)
- "Editors' Introduction"
- 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, entries
- "Arthurian Romance"
- "Barfield, Owen"
- "Faërie"
- "Frame Narrative"
- "Light"
- "Lost Road, The"
- "Memory"
- "Old Norse Translations"
- "Poems by Tolkien: The Hobbit"
- "Poems by Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings"
- "Smith of Wooton Major"
- "Time"
- "Time Travel"
- 2006: Tolkien Studies: Volume 3 (editor)
- "Editors' Introduction"
- "Karen Wynn Fonstad"
- 2007: Tolkien Studies: Volume 4 (editor)
- "The Curious Incident of the Dream at the Barrow: Memory and Reincarnation in Middle-earth"
- 2007: Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings
- "When is a Fairy Story a Faërie Story? Smith of Wootton Major"
- 2008: Tolkien Studies: Volume 5 (editor)
- "Editors' Introduction"
- 2008: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration
- "Gilson, Smith and Baggins"
- 2011: Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy
- "Sometimes One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures"
- 2012: The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Preface
[edit] Journals (editor)
- 2004: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1 (co-editor)
- 2005: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2 (co-editor)
- 2006: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 3 (co-editor)
- 2007: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 4 (co-editor)
- 2008: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5 (co-editor)
- 2009: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6 (co-editor)
- 2010: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7 (co-editor)
- 2011: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8 (co-editor)
- 2012: Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 9 (co-editor)
[edit] Awards
- 1988: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie
- 2002: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ "Verlyn Flieger" , LibraryThing (accessed 21 January 2012)
- ↑ "Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review" , West Virginia University Press (accessed 21 January 2012)
- ↑ "Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors" , Walking Tree Publihers (accessed 21 January 2012)