Acknowledgments

The Editors would like to thank Wheaton College, Norton, MA for its support. Thanks also to Caiden Kumar, Paula Smith-MacDonald, Paul E. Thomas, Raquel D'Oyen, and Berni Phillips, and also to West Virginia University Press, Than Saffel, and Sara Georgi.

Finally, we acknowledge a special debt of gratitude to our anonymous, outside reviewers who with their collegial service contribute so much to Tolkien Studies.