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**''[[The Monsters and the Critics|The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays]]'' (includes Elvish poems and glossary) | **''[[The Monsters and the Critics|The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays]]'' ("A Secret Vice" includes Elvish poems and glossary) | ||
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Legendarium is the term J.R.R. Tolkien used for his written works about the mythology of Eä.
Writings of the legendarium
Here follows a list of all published texts by Tolkien relating to Arda. For a discussion of the "canonical" status of the texts, consult the page Canon.
- Books
- The Hobbit (see also The History of The Hobbit and The Annotated Hobbit)
- The Lord of the Rings (see also The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion)
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- The Road Goes Ever On
- Bilbo's Last Song
- The Silmarillion
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (many of the letters discusses issues of the legendarium)
- The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays ("A Secret Vice" includes Elvish poems and glossary)
- Unfinished Tales
- The History of Middle-earth
- Journals and other media
- Vinyar Tengwar (various issues)
- Parma Eldalamberon (various issues)
Legendarium: the concept
The term 'legendarium' can be found in several places in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien:
Letter 131: "This legendarium ends with a vision of the end of the world..."
Letter 153: "...my legendarium, especially the 'Downfall of Númenor' which lies immediately behind The Lord of the Rings, is based on my view..."
Letter 154: "Actually in the imagination of this story we are now living on a physically round Earth. But the whole 'legendarium' contains a transition from a flat world..."
Letter 163: "But the beginning of the legendarium, of which the Trilogy is part (the conclusion), was an attempt to reorganise some of the Kalevala ...."