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  • Bibliography (in English) for 2005
  • Michael D. C. Drout (bio), Rebecca Epstein, and Kathryn Paar
Michael D. C. Drout

Michael D. C. Drout is co-editor of Tolkien Studies.

Primary Sources

Sisam, Kenneth, and J.R.R. Tolkien. A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary. New York: Dover, 2005. [A reprint of Sisam’s Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose (1921), and Tolkien’s A Middle English Vocabulary (1922) as first combined in 1923].
Tolkien, J.R.R. “Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings—Part One,” ed. Patrick H. Wynne. Vinyar Tengwar, no. 47 (Feb. 2005): 3-42.
______. “Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings—Parts Two and Three,” ed. Patrick H. Wynne. Vinyar Tengwar, no. 48 (Dec. 2005): 4-34.
______. Smith of Wootton Major: Extended Edition, ed. Verlyn Flieger. London: HarperCollins, 2005.

Books

Abanes, Richard. Harry Potter, Narnia, and “The Lord of the Rings.” Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2005.
Arthur, Sarah. Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through “The Hobbit.” Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2005.
Burns, Marjorie. Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Caldecott, Stratford. The Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind “The Lord of the Rings.” New York: Crossroad, 2005. [Revised edition. Originally published as Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien. London: Darton Longman & Todd, 2003.]
Chance, Jane, and Alfred K. Siewers, eds. Tolkien’s Modern Middle Ages. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Collins, David R. J.R.R. Tolkien. Minneapolis: Lerner, 2005 [Revised edition of his 1992 book of the same title].
Crawshaw, Richard, Ian Collier, and Andrew Butler, eds. The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford. Cheltenham: Tolkien Society, 2005. [End Page 355]
Crum, C. N. Tolkien’s Mighty Pen: How God Rules Middle-earth. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2005.
Eaglestone, Robert, ed. Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: New Writings on Tolkien’s Classic. London and New York: Continuum, 2005.
Flieger, Verlyn. Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien’s Mythology. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2005.
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull. The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion. London: HarperCollins, 2005; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Honegger, Thomas, ed. Reconsidering Tolkien. Zurich: Walking Tree Press, 2005.
Kohman, Catherine, ed. Lembas for the Soul: How “The Lord of the Rings” Enriches Everyday Life. Yellville, AR: Whitehall Publishing, 2005.
Kreeft, Peter. The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind “The Lord of the Rings.” San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
Lee, Stuart D., and Elizabeth Solopova. The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Basingstoke, Hampshire, and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Lewis, Alex, and Elizabeth Currie. The Forsaken Realms of Tolkien: Tolkien and the Medieval Tradition. [Oswestry]: Medea Publishing, 2005.
Lobdell, Jared C. The Rise of Tolkienian Fantasy. LaSalle and Chicago: Open Court, 2005.
McNew, Cynthia L., ed. More People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Press, 2005.
Mikkelsen, Nina. Powerful Magic: Learning from Children’s Responses to Fantasy Literature. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005.
Newsom, William Chad. Talking of Dragons: The Children’s Books of J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Fearn, Ross-shire: Christian Focus, 2005.
Pearce, Joseph. Literary Giants, Literary Catholics. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
Porter, Lynnette R. Unsung Heroes of “The Lord of the Rings”: From the Page to the Screen. Westport, CT; London: Praeger, 2005.
Turner, Allan. Translating Tolkien: Philological Elements in “The Lord of the Rings.” Frankfurt and New York: Peter Lang, 2005.
Wrigley, Christopher. Return of the Hero. Lewes: Book Guild Publishing, 2005. [End Page 356]

Articles and Book Chapters

Anderson, Douglas A. “J.R.R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts’s ‘Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh.’” Tolkien Studies 2 (2005): 230-34.
______. “Obituary: Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005).” Tolkien Studies 2...

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