Matthew Dickerson

Matthew Dickerson
Biographical information
Education	Cornell University (PhD)
Occupation	Professor, Author
Website	www.matthewdickerson.net

Matthew T. Dickerson is an author and professor of Computer Science at Middlebury College in Vermont who has written multiple articles and books about the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

He has a PhD in computer science from Cornell University and a minor in Old English language and literature.

Selected bibliography

Books

• 2003: Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings
• 2006: Ents, Elves, And Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien (with Jonathan Evans)
• 2012: A Hobbit Journey: Discovering The Enchantment Of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Articles

• 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
  • "Elves: Kindreds and Migrations"
  • "Ents"
  • "Finwë and Míriel"
  • "Heathenism and Paganism"
  • "Moria"
  • "Old Man Willow"
  • "Paradise"
  • "Rivendell"
  • "Satan and Lucifer"
  • "Smith of Wootton Major (Character)"
  • "Theological and Moral Approaches in Tolkien's Works"
  • "Tree and Leaf"
  • "Treebeard"
  • "Trees"
  • "Valar"
  • "Wilderland"
• 2011: Light Beyond All Shadow: Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work
  • "Water, Ecology, and Spirituality in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
• 2013: The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium
  • "The Hröa and Fëa of Middle-earth: Health, Ecology and the War"
• 2021: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Arts: A Theology of Subcreation
  • "Part I: Art within Tolkien," Matthew Dickerson

External links

• Official Website