Editors’ Introduction

This is the eighth issue of Tolkien Studies, the first refereed journal solely devoted to the scholarly study of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. As editors, our goal is to publish excellent scholarship on Tolkien as well as to gather useful research information, reviews, notes, documents, and bibliographical material.

All articles have been subject to anonymous, external review as well as receiving a positive judgment by the Editors. In the cases of articles by individuals associated with the journal in any way, each article had to receive at least two positive evaluations from two different outside reviewers. Reviewer comments were anonymously conveyed to the authors of the articles. The Editors agreed to be bound by the recommendations of the outside referees.

Notes on Submissions

Tolkien Studies seeks works of scholarly quality and depth. Substantial essays and shorter, “Notes and Documents” pieces are both welcome.

Submissions should be double-spaced throughout and use parenthetical citations in the (Author page) form. A Works Cited page should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. All citations to Tolkien’s works should follow the “Conventions and Abbreviations” of Tolkien Studies.

Self-addressed, stamped envelopes should accompany all correspondence unless the author wishes to communicate via email and does not wish the hard-copy manuscript to be returned, in which case this requirement is waived.

Electronic submissions are preferred. These should be sent to Verlyn Flieger (verlyn@mythus.com) as attachments. Microsoft Word is the preferred word-processing program.

Hard-copy manuscripts should be sent to:

• Tolkien Studies

• c/o Prof. Verlyn Flieger

• 10221 Meredith Avenue

• Silver Spring, MD 20910

Tolkien Studies encourages researchers to send us offprints of articles for inclusion in the yearly Bibliography and Year’s Work. These should be sent to:

• Tolkien Studies

• c/o Prof. Michael Drout

• Wheaton College

• 26 East Main Street

• Norton, MA 02766

Books for review should be sent to:

• Tolkien Studies

• c/o Douglas A. Anderson

• P.O. Box 493

• Marcellus, MI 49067

Acknowledgments

The Editors would like to thank Wheaton College, Norton, MA, Provost Linda Eisenmann, and Wheaton Research Partners for their support. Special thanks to Rebecca Epstein for her work on the Bibliography. The efforts of editorial assistant Namiko Hitotsubashi contributed substantially to the success of the issue, as did Paula Smith-MacDonald, Vaughn Howland and Raquel D’Oyen. It has continued to be a pleasure to work with West Virginia University Press; thanks especially to Hilary Attfield for all her work in the production of the issue. Finally, we acknowledge a special debt of gratitude to our anonymous, outside reviewers who with their collegial service contribute so much to Tolkien Studies.