Tolkien Studies: Volume 15

Tolkien Studies: Volume 15
Editor	David Bratman, Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger
Publisher	West Virginia University Press
Released	October, 2018
Format	Paperback; electronic

Tolkien Studies: Volume 15, published in 2018, is the fifteenth volume of the annual review Tolkien Studies.

Stuart D. Lee's article "'Tolkien in Oxford' (BBC, 1968): A Reconstruction" includes the (formerly unpublished) full interview that J.R.R. Tolkien gave for the 'Tolkien in Oxford' 1968 BBC documentary.

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Contents

• Article
  • Nicole duPlessis, "'Changed, Changed Utterly': The Implications of Tolkien's Rejected Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings"
  • Tom Hillman, "These Are Not the Elves You're Looking For: Sir Orfeo, The Hobbit, and the Reimagining of the Elves"
  • Jane Chance, "Tolkien's Classical Beowulf and England's Heroic Age"
  • Chiara Bertoglio, "Dissonant Harmonies: Tolkien's Musical Theodicy"

• Notes and Documents
  • Stuart D. Lee, "'Tolkien in Oxford' (BBC, 1968): A Reconstruction"
  • Janet Brennan Croft, "Doors into Elf-mounds: J.R.R. Tolkien's Introductions, Prefaces, and Forewords"
  • Denham, Robert D., compiler, "References to J.R.R. Tolkien in the Collected Works of Northrop Frye"

• Book Reviews
  • The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, revised and expanded edition, by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, reviewed by Jason Fisher
  • Beren and Lúthien, by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, reviewed by Sherwood Smith
  • There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale: More Essays on Tolkien, by Verlyn Flieger, reviewed by Alyssa House-Thomas
  • The Sweet and the Bitter: Death and Dying in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, by Amy Amendt-Raduege, reviewed by Robert Steed
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: Romanticist and Poet, by Julian Eilmann, reviewed by Jay Rimmer
  • The Inklings and King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, & Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain, edited by Sørina Higgins, reviewed by John D. Rateliff

• David Bratman, Jason Fisher, John Wm. Houghton, John Magoun, and Robin Anne Reid, "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2015"
• David Bratman, "Bibliography (In English) for 2016"

External links

• Tolkien Studies: Volume 15 at Project Muse