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Hither Shore is the annual scholarly journal of Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft (the German Tolkien Society), edited by Thomas Fornet-Ponse et al.

The document at hand presents a table of contents which covers the first five volumes of Hither Shore. It will be updated whenever a new volume appears.

In addition to the indication of volume and page numbers the language of each contribution is given by abbreviations: E (English) and G (German). From volume 2 onwards Hither Shore also provides English summaries for German articles.

The contributions have been subdivided into:

Bibliographical References

HS1 Fornet-Ponse, Thomas (ed.) et al., Hither Shore 1. Tolkien und seine Deutungen [Tolkien, Interpreted], Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2005.
HS2 ---, Hither Shore 2. Tolkiens Weltbild(er) [Tolkien's World View(s)], Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2006.
HS3 ---, Hither Shore 3. Die Entstehung einer Mythologie [The Emergence of a Mythology]. History of Middle-earth, Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2007.
HS4 ---, Hither Shore 4. Tolkiens kleinere Werke [Tolkien's Shorter Works], Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2008.
HS5 ---, Hither Shore 5. Der Hobbit [The Hobbit], Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2009.
HS6 ---, Hither Shore 5. Gewalt, Konflikt und Krieg bei Tolkien [Violence, Conflict, and War in Tolkien], Düsseldorf: Scriptorium Oxoniae, 2010.

1. Essays

Bachmann, Dieter and Thomas Honegger
Ein Mythos für das 20. Jahrhundert: Blut, Rasse und Erbgedächtnis bei Tolkien
[A Myth for the 20th Century: Blood, Race and Hereditary Memory in Tolkien]
HS2:13 (G)
Bidlo, Oliver D.
Verbotene Pfade nach Mittelerde?
[Forbidden Paths to Middle-earth?]
HS1:25 (G)
Birks, Annie
Perspectives on Just War in Tolkien's LegendariumHS6:28 (E)
Brückner, Patrick A.
»...bis dass der Drache kommt«. Das Drachenmotiv bei Tolkien als poetologisches Konzept zur Genese des Episch-Historischen
[»...until the dragon comes«. The Dragon Motif in Tolkien's Works as Poetological Concept for Generating an Epic Historic Quality]
HS4:99 (G)
Verkleidung und Essenz, Tod und Begehren. Zur Konstruktion »richtiger« Weiblichkeit in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings
[Masquerade and Essence, Death and Desire. The Construction of »correct« Femininity in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings]
HS2:67 (G)
Von kühner Recken Streiten? Höfische Akteure und Heroische Gewalt in Tolkiens Farmer Giles of Ham
[Courtly Acteurs and Heroic Violence in Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham]
HS6:86 (G)
Bülles, Marcel
Tolkien criticism - reloadedHS1:15 (E)
Chen, Fanfan
The Eucharistic Poetics in The HobbitHS5:9 (E)
Devaux, Michaël
Dagor dagorath & Ragnarök: Tolkien & the ApocalypseHS6:102 (E)
Eilmann, Julian
Das Lied bin ich: Lieder, Poesie und Musik in J.R.R. Tolkiens Mittelerde-Mythologie
[I am the Song: Songs, Poetry and Music in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Mythology]
HS2:105 (G)
Singen oder nicht singen: Lieder und Gedichte in J.R.R. Tolkien's Der Hobbit
[To Sing or Not to Sing: Songs and Poems in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit]
HS5:142 (G)
Der Sängerkrieg: Gesang und Gewalt in J.R.R. Tolkiens Mittelerde
[The Minstrel's War: Song and Power in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth]
HS6:70 (G)
Ferré, Vincent
The Rout of the King: Tolkien's Readings on Arthurian KingshipHS4:11 (E)
Fornet-Ponse, Thomas
Die steigende Präsenz von Philosophie und Theologie
[The Increasing Presence of Philosophy and Theology]
HS3:37 (G)
“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religios and Catholic work”. Tolkien zwischen christlicher Instrumentalisierung und theologischer Rezeption
[“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work”. Tolkien between Christian Instrumentalization and Theological Reception]
HS1:53 (G)
Tolkiens sub-creation - Die kleinen Werke als fairy-stories?
[Tolkien's Sub-Creation - his Shorter Works as Fairy-Stories?]
HS4:51 (G)
Tolkiens Theologie des Todes
[Tolkien's Theology of Death]
HS2:157 (G)
Der Zwerg lebt nicht vom Gold allein. Vom Umgang mit Reichtum im Hobbit
[Dwarves Do Not Live on Gold Alone. Dealing with Wealth in The Hobbit]
HS5:106 (G)
Gibt es Macht ohne Gewalt?
[Is there Power without Violence?]
HS6:42 (G)
Geier, Fabian
Leaf by Tolkien?HS4:129 (G)
Gießl, Thomas
Ainulindalen
[an artificial German plural form of Ainulindalë - chosen to mark the difference between the various versions]
HS3:151 (G)
Grzegorczyk, Blanca
'Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure': On Moral Imagination in J.R.R. Tolkien's The HobbitHS5:93 (E)
Hiley, Margaret
Journeys in the DarkHS4:167 (E)
The Problem of Closure: War and Narrative in The Lord of the RingsHS6:168 (E)
Honegger, Thomas
A Mythology for England - the Question of National Identity in Tolkien's LegendariumHS3:13 (E)
Die interpretatio mediaevalia von Tolkiens Werk
[The interpretatio mediaevalia of Tolkien's Works]
HS1:37 (G)
Hopp, Martin
Das Heilige und das Andere - Weltbild und Weltbindung im Herrn der Ringe
[The Holy and the Other - World View and World Binding in The Lord of the Rings]
HS2:137 (G)
Klinger, Judith
Changing Perspectives: Secret Doors and Narrative Thresholds in The HobbitHS5:30 (E)
'More poetical, less prosaic': The Convergence of Myth and History in Tolkien's WorksHS3:180 (E)
The Legacy of Swords: Animate Weapons and the Ambivalence of Heroic ViolenceHS6:130 (E)
Krüger, Heidi
Eine Neubewertung der theoretischen Konzeption von »Faërie« und »fariry-story« auf Basis der 2008 erschienenen erweiterten Ausgabe Tolkien On Fairy-stories
[A Reassessment of the Theoretical Concept of 'Faërie' and fairy story' based on the Expanded Edition of Tolkien On Fairy-stories, published in 2008]
HS5:197 (G)
Die Romanfragmente The Lost Road und The Notion Club Papers. Zu ihrer literarisch-konzeptionellen Stellung innerhalb des literarisch-fiktionalen Gesamtwerkes
[The Novel Fragments The Lost Road and The Notion Club Papers. Some Points of View on their Literary and Conceptual Positions of within Tolkien's Complete Fictional Works]
HS3:165 (G)
Leaf by Niggle/Blatt von Tüftler: eine literaturkritische Untersuchung
[Leaf by Niggle: A Textual Criticism]
HS4:147 (G)
Nagel, Rainer
Verschiedene Interpretationen eines Textes als Grundlage von Übersetzungsstrategien. Die »alte« und die »neue« deutsche HdR-Übersetzung
[Different Interpretations as Basis of Strategies for Translations. The »old« and the »new« German Translation of LotR]
HS1:85 (G)
Working with HoMe: Its Use in Researching Shire Place-NamesHS3:108 (E)
Raddatz, Gregor
Hin und zurück? - Frodos Reise im Licht dialektischen Denkens und einer Ethik des Anderen
[There and back? - Frodo's Journey in the Light of Dialectic Thinking and an Ethics of the Other]
HS1:151 (G)
Schneidewind, Friedhelm
Biologie, Genetik und Evolution in Mittelerde
[Biology, Genetics, and Evolution in Middle-earth]
HS2:41 (G)
Farmer Giles of Ham: eine prototypische Drachengeschichte in humorvoller Tradition
[Farmer Giles of Ham: a Prototypical Dragon-story in Humorous Tradition]
HS4:83 (G)
Langlebigkeit, Unsterblichkeit und Wiedergeburt in Tolkiens Werk und Welt
[Longevity, Immortality and Rebirth in Tolkien's Middle-earth]
HS3:122 (G)
Gewalt und Gewaltdarstellung bei Tolkien im Vergleich mit zeitgenössischen Gewalt- und Aggressionstheorien
[Violence and the Depiction of Violence in Tolkien's Output in Comparison to Contemporary Theories of Violence and Aggression]
HS6:58 (G)
Schröder, Christian
Von Wilderland nach Middle-earth
[From Wilderland to Middle-earth]
HS3:51 (G)
Slack, Anna
A Star Above the Mast: Tolkien, Faërie and the Great EscapeHS4:177 (E)
Seeing Fire and Sword, or Refining HobbitsHS5:174 (E)
Clean Earth to Till: A Tolkienian Vision of WarHS6:116 (E)
Spirito, Guglielmo
Speaking with Animals: A Desire that lies at the Heart of FaërieHS4:23 (E)
Wolves, Ravens, and Eagles: A mythic Presence in The HobbitHS5:47 (E)
The Legends of Trojan War in J.R.R. TolkienHS6:180 (E)
Steimel, Heidi
The Dwarven Philharmonic OrchestraHS5:135 (E)
Sternberg, Martin
The Treasure of my House: The Arkenstone as Symbol of Kingship and Seat of Royal Luck in The HobbitHS5:121 (E)
Smith of Wootton Major als religiöser Text
[Smith of Wootton Major as a Religious Text]
HS4:67 (G)
Language and Violence: The Orcs, the Ents, and Tom BombadilHS6:152 (E)
Triebel, Doreen
'Sing we now softly, and dreams let us weave him!': Dreams and Dream Visions in J.R.R. Tolkien's The HobbitHS5:67 (E)
Turner, Allan
The Lays of Beleriand: Epic and RomanceHS3:27 (E)
The Hobbit and DesireHS5:83 (E)
Tom Bombadil: The Sins of his YouthHS4:119 (E)
Vanderbeke, Dirk
The Not-Quite-Moving Pictures: The Comic-Book Adaption of The HobbitHS5:186 (E)
Velten, Alexandra
Die Texte zum Soundtrack der Peter-Jackson-Filme - »Tolkien's linguistic heresy« - eine legitime Interpretation von Tolkien?
[The Texts of the Soundtrack to Peter Jackson's Movies - »Tolkien's linguistic heresy« - a True Interpretation of Tolkien?]
HS1:119 (G)
Weichmann, Christian
Sehen und (nicht) gesehen werden. Augen als Schutz und Bedrohung im Hobbit
[Seeing and (Not) Being Seen. Eyes as Protection and Threat in The Hobbit]
HS5:161 (G)
Raumschiffe und Zeitträume: Wie und warum Tolkien ohne Maschine reisen wollte
[Spaceships and Dreams of Time: How and Why Tolkien Wanted to Travel without Machines]
HS3:196 (G)
Weinreich, Frank
Die Metaphysik der Zweitschöpfung. Zur Ontologie von Mythopoeia
[Metaphysics of Myth. The Platonic Ontology of Mythopoeia]
HS4:37 (G)
“It was always open to one to reject”. Zur Möglichkeit philosophischer Interpretationen Tolkiens fiktionaler Werke am Beispiel der Willensfreiheit
[“It was always open to one to reject”. On Possibilities of Philosophical Interpretations of Tolkien’s Fictional Works Examplified by the Topic of Free Will]
HS1:71 (G)
Verfassungen mit und ohne Schwert. Impressionen idealer Herrschaftsformen in Mittelerde als Ausdruck des politischen Verständnisses von J.R.R. Tolkien
[On Covenants with and without the Sword. Impressions of Ideal Political Constitutions in Middle-earth as a Study in the Political Convictions of J.R.R. Tolkien]
HS2:89 (G)
Violence in The Lord of the RingsHS6:10 (E)
Wolf, Alexandra
Die Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth oder Das Menschenbild in Tolkiens Mythologie
[The Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth or Mankind in Tolkien's Mythology]
HS3:137 (G)
Zehetner, Michaela
Das Erbe der Entwürfe - Ungeplante Qualität(en) im Herrn der Ringe
[The Heritage of the Drafts - Unplanned Quality in The Lord of the Rings]
HS3:81 (G)
Zimmermann, Petra
»Who is Trotter?« - Anmerkungen zum Schaffensprozess bei J.R.R. Tolkien
[»Who is Trotter?« - Remarks on J.R.R. Tolkien's creative Process]
HS3:94 (G)
>contraria contrariis curantur< - Krankheitsheilung als Kampf in Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings
[>contraria contrariis curantur< - Healing Diseases as a Battle in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings]
HS6:200 (G)

2. Notes, Varia, and Works in Progress

The contributions that Hither Shore assigns to the subgroups Notes (N), Varia (V), and Work in Progress (WiP) are here presented as one group and can be identified by the given abbreviations.

Brückner, Patrick A.
Éowyns ›Leiden‹ – Ein Nachtrag (N)
[The ›Suffering‹ of Éowyn - An Addendum]
HS3:239 (G)
Eilmann, Julian
Lieder und Poesie als Teil der kulturellen Kommunikation Mittelerdes (V)
[Songs and Poetry as a Part of Cultural Communication in Middle-earth]
HS3:246 (G)
Fornet-Ponse, Thomas
The Children of Húrin - Its Use for Tolkien Scholarship (N)HS4:203 (E)
Honegger, Thomas
“There was an old woman, lived under a hill” - A Proto-Hobbit uncovered? (N)HS2:247 (E)
Nagel, Rainer
A Note on Shelob (N)HS2:251 (E)
Eine Anmerkung zur Übersetzung von hill (N)
[A Note on the German Translation of hill]
HS3:230 (G)
Projekt »Altenglisch für Tolkien-Fans« (WiP)
[Project »Old English for Fans of Tolkien«]
HS3:220 (G)
Raddatz, Gregor
Ethik oder Ethiken Tolkiens? (V)
[An Approach to Tolkien's Ethics]
HS2:225 (G)
Rösch, Stefan
»Film locations as new heritage sites - marketing and managing issues« (WiP)HS1:173 (G)
Schneidewind, Friedhelm
Erbgedächtnis und angeborene Sprache (N)
[Hereditary Memory and Inborn Language]
HS3:235 (G)
Zwischen Genie und Wahnsinn: Gedanken eines Künstlers über Muschelklang und Elbenstern (N)
[Between Genius and Insanity: Thoughts of an Artist about the Sea-Bell and the Fay-Star]
HS4:199 (G)
Weichmann, Christian
Ist das des Hobbits Kern? Essentielle Stellen im Hobbit (N)
[Essential Parts of The Hobbit]
HS5:222 (G)
Zimmermann, Petra
Die Begegnung mit dem Fremden in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings (V)
[The Encounter with the Other in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings]
HS2:195 (G)

3. Reviews

3.1 Reviews, sorted by author

Anderson, Douglas A. (ed.)
Tales Before Tolkien. The Roots of Modern Fantasy, New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:271 (G)
Anderson, Douglas A., Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger (eds.)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 1, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:175 (G)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 2, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:265 (G)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 3, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2006.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS3:263 (G)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 4, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007.
(reviewed by Rainer Nagel)
HS4:215 (E)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 5, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:259 (E)
Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 6, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS6:255 (E)
Armitt, Lucie
Fantasy Fiction: An Introduction, London: Continuum, 2005.
(reviewed by Allan Turner)
HS5:243 (E)
Armstrong, Karen
Eine kurze Geschichte des Mythos, Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2005.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS3:265 (G)
Bassham, Gregory and Eric Bronson (eds.)
Der Herr der Ringe und die Philosophie, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2009.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS6:237 (G)
Besson, Anne
D'Asimov à Tolkien. Cycles et séries dans la littérature de genre, Paris: CNRS Editions, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:242 (G)
Birzer, Bradley J.
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth. Understanding Middle-earth, Wilmington: ISI Books, 2002.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS1:176 (G)
Blackham, Robert S.
The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing, 2006.
(reviewed by Doreen Triebel)
HS4:221 (E)
Burns, Marjorie
Perilous Realms. Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:272 (G)
Caldecott, Stratford and Thomas Honegger (eds.)
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sources of Inspiration, Zürich: Walking Tree, 2008.
(reviewed by Marcel Bülles)
HS6:229 (E)
Carter, Lin
Tolkien. A Look behind The Lord of the Rings, zweite, überarbeitete Auflage, London: Gollancz, 2003 (1. Auflage 1969).
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:274 (G)
Chance, Jane (ed.)
Tolkien and the Invention of Myth. A Reader, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:179 (G)
Tolkien the Medievalist, London and New York: Routledge, 2003.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:177 (G)
Chance, Jane and Alfred Siewers (eds.)
Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS4:231 (E)
Chen, Fanfan
Fantasticism. Poetics of Fantastic Literature, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2007.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:244 (E)
Croft, Janet Brennan (ed.)
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language, Jefferson, NY: McFarland, 2007.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS4:207 (E)
Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, Altadena, CA: The Mythopoeic Press, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS4:234 (E)
Dickerson, Matthew
Following Gandalf. Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2003.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:181 (G)
Dickerson, Matthew and Jonathan Evans
Ents, Elves, and Eriador. The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 2006.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS4:223 (G)
Drout, Michael D.C. (ed.)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Scholarship and Critical Assessment, New York: Routledge, 2006.
(reviewed by Dieter Bachmann)
HS4:226 (E)
Eaglestone, Robert (ed.)
Reading The Lord of the Rings. New Writings on Tolkien's Classic, London and New York: Continuum, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS3:268 (G)
Ferré, Vincent
Tolkien. Sur les rivages de la terre du milieu, Paris: Cristian Bourgois, 2001.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS4:239 (G)
Ferré, Vincent (ed.)
Tolkien, trente ans après (1973-2003), Paris: Christian Bourgois, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS4:237 (G)
Fimi, Dimitra
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History. From Fairies to Hobbits, New York/London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:266 (E)
Flieger, Verlyn
Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology, Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:275 (G)
Flieger, Verlyn and Douglas A. Anderson (eds.)
J.R.R. Tolkien. On Fairy-stories, London: HarperCollins, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:248 (E)
Forrest-Hill, Lynn (ed.)
The Mirror Crack'd. Fear and Horror in J.R.R. Tolkien's Major Works, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:251 (E)
Garth, John
Tolkien and the Great War. The Treshold of Middle-earth, London: HarperCollins, 2003.
(reviewed by Marcel Bülles)
HS1:182 (E)
Gee, Henry
The Science of Middle-earth. Explaining the Science behind the greatest Fantasy Epic ever told, New York: Cold Spring Harbor, 2004.
(reviewed by Friedhelm Schneidewind)
HS3:277 (G)
Geier, Fabian
J.R.R. Tolkien, Reinbeck: Rowohlt, 2009.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS6:240 (G)
Gilliver, Peter, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner
The Ring of Words. Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
(reviewed by Alexandra Velten)
HS3:260 (E)
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull
The Lord of the Rings. A Reader's Companion, London: HarperCollins, 2005.
(reviewed by Rainer Nagel)
HS3:269 (E)
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull (eds.)
The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004. Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder, Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2006.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS4:228 (G)
Hart, Trevor and Ivan Khovacs (eds.)
Tree of Tales. Tolkien, Literature, and Theology, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS4:208 (E)
Heims, Neil
J.R.R. Tolkien, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:184 (G)
Honegger, Thomas (ed.)
Reconsidering Tolkien, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2005.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS2:277 (G)
Honegger, Thomas, Andrew J. Johnston, Friedhelm Schneidewind and Frank Weinreich
Eine Grammatik der Ethik. Die Aktualität der moralischen Dimension in J.R.R. Tolkiens literarischem Werk, Saarbrücken: Verlag der Villa Fledermaus, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS2:262 (G)
Hooker, Mark T.
A Tolkienian Mathomium, Lulu.com, 2006.
(reviewed by Rainer Nagel)
HS3:262 (E)
The Hobbitonian Anthology of Articles about J.R.R. Tolkien and his Legendarium, Llyfrawr: CreateSpace, 2009.
(reviewed by Rainer Nagel)
HS6:242 (E)
Jimes, Jonathan B., Joe R. Christopher and Salwa Khoddam (eds.)
Truths Breathed Through Silver. The Inklings' Moral and Mythopoeic Legacy, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS6:231 (G)
Kane, Douglas Charles
Arda Reconstructed, Betlehem: Lehigh Unversity Press, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Panti)
HS6:244 (G)
Knobloch, Jörg (ed.)
Praxis Lesen: z.B. Tolkien, Lichtenau: AOL Verlag, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:269 (G)
Kreeft, Peter J.
The Philosophy of Tolkien. The Worldview behind The Lord of the Rings, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS3:272 (G)
Krege, Wolfgang
Elbisches Wörterbuch, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2003.
(reviewed by Thorsten Renk)
HS2:257 (G)
Kölzer, Christian
»Fairy Tales are more than true«. Das mythische und neomythische Weltdeutungspotential der Fantasy am Beispiel von J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings und Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:255 (G)
Lam, Adam and Nataliya Oryshchuk (eds.)
How We Became Middle-earth. A Collection of Essays on The Lord of the Rings, Zürich: Waling Tree, 2007.
(reviewed by Michael Wedel, The review also covers Studying the Event Film The Lord of the Rings.)
HS6:226 (G)
Le Blanc, Thomas and Bettina Twrsnick (eds.)
Das Dritte Zeitalter. J.R.R. Tolkiens Herr der Ringe, Wetzlar: Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar, 2006.
(reviewed by Frank Weinreich)
HS3:275 (G)
Lee, Stuart D. and Elizabeth Solopova
The Keys of Middle-earth. Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS3:274 (G)
Lewis, Alex and Elizabeth Currie
The Forsaken Realm. J.R.R. Tolkien and the Medieval Tradition, Oswestry: Medea Publishing, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:278 (G)
The Epic Realm of Tolkien. Beren and Lúthien, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire: ADC Books, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS6:245 (E)
Margolis, Harriet, Sean Cubitt, Barry King and Thierry Jutel (eds.)
Studying the Event Film The Lord of the Rings, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008.
(reviewed by Michael Wedel, The review covers also How We Became Middle-earth. A Collection of Essays on The Lord of the Rings.)
HS6:226 (G)
Meyer, Martin J.
Tolkien als religiöser Sub-Creator, Münster: Lit, 2003.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS1:187 (G)
Pesch, Helmut W.
Elbisch. Grammatik, Schrift und Wörterbuch der Elben-Sprache J.R.R. Tolkiens, Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe, 2003.
(reviewed by Thorsten Renk)
HS2:257 (G)
Elbisch. Lern- und Übungsbuch der Elben-Sprachen J.R.R. Tolkiens, Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe, 2004.
(reviewed by Thorsten Renk)
HS2:257 (G)
Pirson, Ron (ed.)
Unquendor: Lembas-extra, Leiden: De Tolkienwinkel, 2004.
(reviewed by Christian Weichmann)
HS1:185 (G)
Porter, Lynette R.
Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings. From the Page to the Screen, Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:279 (G)
Robinson, Jeremy Mark
J.R.R. Tolkien. The Books, The Films, The Whole Cultural Phenomenon, Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishers, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Panti)
HS6:233 (G)
Ryan, John S.
Tolkien's View. Windows into his World, Zürich, Walking Tree, 2009.
(reviewed by Jason Fisher)
HS6:247 (E)
Salo, David
A Gateway to Sindarin, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2004.
(reviewed by Thorsten Renk)
HS2:257 (G)
Scholz, Thomas
Weit entfernte Wunder, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS6:250 (E)
Sebok, Krisztina
Roots of Middle-earth Seeds of Fantasy, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 2008.
(reviewed by Doreen Triebel)
HS6:234 (E)
Segura, Eduardo
El Viaje del Anillo, Barcelona: Ediciones Minotauro, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS3:279 (G)
Mitopoeia y Mitología. Reflexiones Bajo la Luz Refractada, Vitoria: Portal Editions, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS6:236 (G)
Segura, Eduardo and Thomas Honegger (eds.)
Myth and Magic. Art according to the Inklings, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree, 2007.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:247 (G)
Shippey, Tom A.
Roots and Branches. Selected Papers on Tolkien, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2007.
(reviewed by Friedhelm Schneidewind)
HS4:213 (G)
Simonson, Martin
The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:257 (G)
Skogemann, Pia
Where the Shadows Lie, New York: Chiron Publications, 2009.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS6:252 (E)
Tolkien, J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien (ed.)
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, London: HarperCollins, 2009.
(reviewed by Allan Turner)
HS6:253 (E)
Tolkien, J.R.R. and John D. Rateliff (ed.)
The History of The Hobbit, London: HarperCollins, 2007.
(reviewed by Judith Klinger)
HS4:210 (G)
Tonning, Judith E. and Brendan N. Wolfe (eds.)
The Chronicle of the Oxford University C.S. Lewis Society, Oxford: The Oxford C.S. Lewis Society.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS5:241 (E)
Turner, Allan
Translating Tolkien. Philological Elements in The Lord of the Rings, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2005.
(reviewed by Rainer Nagel)
HS2:280 (G)
Turner, Allan (ed.)
The Silmarillion. Thirty Years On, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:263 (G)
van de Bergh, Alexander
Mittelerde und das 21. Jahrhundert. Zivilisationskritik und alternative Gesellschaftsentwürfe in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2005.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:285 (G)
Wainwright, Edmund
Tolkien's Mythologie for England. A Middle-earth Companion, Firthgarth: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:190 (G)
Weinreich, Frank
Fantasy. Einführung, Essen: Oldib-Verlag, 2007.
(reviewed by Helmut W. Pesch)
HS4:218 (G)
Mentor Lektüre Durchblick: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings/Der Herr der Ringe, München: Mentor Verlag, 2002.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS2:269 (G)
Wells, Sarah (ed.)
Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference: 50 Years of The Lord of the Rings, Coventry: The Tolkien Society, 2008.
(reviewed by Thomas Fornet-Ponse)
HS5:264 (G)
Zimbardo, Rose A. and Neil D. Isaacs (eds.)
Understanding The Lord of the Rings. The Best of Tolkien Criticism, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
(reviewed by Thomas Honegger)
HS1:191 (G)

3.2 Reviews, sorted by reviewer

Bachmann, Dieter
Drout, Michael D.C. (ed.), The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Scholarship and Critical Assessment, New York: Routledge, 2006.HS4:226 (E)
Bülles, Marcel
Caldecott, Stratford and Thomas Honegger (eds.), Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sources of Inspiration, Zürich: Walking Tree, 2008.HS6:229 (E)
Garth, John, Tolkien and the Great War. The Treshold of Middle-earth, London: HarperCollins, 2003.HS1:182 (E)
Fisher, Jason
Ryan, John S., Tolkien's View. Windows into his World, Zürich, Walking Tree, 2009.HS6:247 (E)
Fornet-Ponse, Thomas
Besson, Anne, D'Asimov à Tolkien. Cycles et séries dans la littérature de genre, Paris: CNRS Editions, 2004.HS5:242 (G)
Birzer, Bradley J., J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth. Understanding Middle-earth, Wilmington: ISI Books, 2002.HS1:176 (G)
Ferré, Vincent, Tolkien. Sur les rivages de la terre du milieu, Paris: Cristian Bourgois, 2001.HS4:239 (G)
Ferré, Vincent (ed.), Tolkien, trente ans après (1973-2003), Paris: Christian Bourgois, 2004.HS4:237 (G)
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull (eds.), The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004. Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder, Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2006.HS4:228 (G)
Honegger, Thomas, Andrew J. Johnston, Friedhelm Schneidewind and Frank Weinreich, Eine Grammatik der Ethik. Die Aktualität der moralischen Dimension in J.R.R. Tolkiens literarischem Werk, Saarbrücken: Verlag der Villa Fledermaus, 2005.HS2:262 (G)
Jimes, Jonathan B., Joe R. Christopher and Salwa Khoddam (eds.), Truths Breathed Through Silver. The Inklings' Moral and Mythopoeic Legacy, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.HS6:231 (G)
Kreeft, Peter J., The Philosophy of Tolkien. The Worldview behind The Lord of the Rings, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.HS3:272 (G)
Kölzer, Christian, »Fairy Tales are more than true«. Das mythische und neomythische Weltdeutungspotential der Fantasy am Beispiel von J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings und Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2008.HS5:255 (G)
Meyer, Martin J., Tolkien als religiöser Sub-Creator, Münster: Lit, 2003.HS1:187 (G)
Segura, Eduardo, El Viaje del Anillo, Barcelona: Ediciones Minotauro, 2004.HS3:279 (G)
---, Mitopoeia y Mitología. Reflexiones Bajo la Luz Refractada, Vitoria: Portal Editions, 2008.HS6:236 (G)
Segura, Eduardo and Thomas Honegger (eds.), Myth and Magic. Art according to the Inklings, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree, 2007.HS5:247 (G)
Simonson, Martin, The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2008.HS5:257 (G)
Turner, Allan (ed.), The Silmarillion. Thirty Years On, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2008.HS5:263 (G)
Wells, Sarah (ed.), Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference: 50 Years of The Lord of the Rings, Coventry: The Tolkien Society, 2008.HS5:264 (G)
Honegger, Thomas
Anderson, Douglas A. (ed.), Tales Before Tolkien. The Roots of Modern Fantasy, New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.HS2:271 (G)
Anderson, Douglas A., Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger (eds.), Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 1, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2004.HS1:175 (G)
---, Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 2, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005.HS2:265 (G)
---, Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 3, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2006.HS3:263 (G)
---, Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 5, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2008.HS5:259 (E)
---, Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 6, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2009.HS6:255 (E)
Burns, Marjorie, Perilous Realms. Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.HS2:272 (G)
Carter, Lin, Tolkien. A Look behind The Lord of the Rings, zweite, überarbeitete Auflage, London: Gollancz, 2003 (1. Auflage 1969).HS2:274 (G)
Chance, Jane (ed.), Tolkien and the Invention of Myth. A Reader, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.HS1:179 (G)
---, Tolkien the Medievalist, London and New York: Routledge, 2003.HS1:177 (G)
Chance, Jane and Alfred Siewers (eds.), Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.HS4:231 (E)
Chen, Fanfan, Fantasticism. Poetics of Fantastic Literature, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2007.HS5:244 (E)
Croft, Janet Brennan (ed.), Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language, Jefferson, NY: McFarland, 2007.HS4:207 (E)
---, Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, Altadena, CA: The Mythopoeic Press, 2004.HS4:234 (E)
Dickerson, Matthew, Following Gandalf. Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2003.HS1:181 (G)
Eaglestone, Robert (ed.), Reading The Lord of the Rings. New Writings on Tolkien's Classic, London and New York: Continuum, 2005.HS3:268 (G)
Fimi, Dimitra, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History. From Fairies to Hobbits, New York/London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.HS5:266 (E)
Flieger, Verlyn, Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology, Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 2005.HS2:275 (G)
Flieger, Verlyn and Douglas A. Anderson (eds.), J.R.R. Tolkien. On Fairy-stories, London: HarperCollins, 2008.HS5:248 (E)
Forrest-Hill, Lynn (ed.), The Mirror Crack'd. Fear and Horror in J.R.R. Tolkien's Major Works, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.HS5:251 (E)
Hart, Trevor and Ivan Khovacs (eds.), Tree of Tales. Tolkien, Literature, and Theology, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007.HS4:208 (E)
Heims, Neil, J.R.R. Tolkien, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.HS1:184 (G)
Knobloch, Jörg (ed.), Praxis Lesen: z.B. Tolkien, Lichtenau: AOL Verlag, 2005.HS2:269 (G)
Lee, Stuart D. and Elizabeth Solopova, The Keys of Middle-earth. Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.HS3:274 (G)
Lewis, Alex and Elizabeth Currie, The Forsaken Realm. J.R.R. Tolkien and the Medieval Tradition, Oswestry: Medea Publishing, 2005.HS2:278 (G)
---, The Epic Realm of Tolkien. Beren and Lúthien, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire: ADC Books, 2009.HS6:245 (E)
Porter, Lynette R., Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings. From the Page to the Screen, Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger, 2005.HS2:279 (G)
Scholz, Thomas, Weit entfernte Wunder, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009.HS6:250 (E)
Skogemann, Pia, Where the Shadows Lie, New York: Chiron Publications, 2009.HS6:252 (E)
Tonning, Judith E. and Brendan N. Wolfe (eds.), The Chronicle of the Oxford University C.S. Lewis Society, Oxford: The Oxford C.S. Lewis Society.HS5:241 (E)
van de Bergh, Alexander, Mittelerde und das 21. Jahrhundert. Zivilisationskritik und alternative Gesellschaftsentwürfe in J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2005.HS2:285 (G)
Wainwright, Edmund, Tolkien's Mythologie for England. A Middle-earth Companion, Firthgarth: Anglo-Saxon Books, 2004.HS1:190 (G)
Weinreich, Frank, Mentor Lektüre Durchblick: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings/Der Herr der Ringe, München: Mentor Verlag, 2002.HS2:269 (G)
Zimbardo, Rose A. and Neil D. Isaacs (eds.), Understanding The Lord of the Rings. The Best of Tolkien Criticism, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.HS1:191 (G)
Klinger, Judith
Tolkien, J.R.R. and John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, London: HarperCollins, 2007.HS4:210 (G)
Nagel, Rainer
Anderson, Douglas A., Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger (eds.), Tolkien Studies. An Annual Scholarly Review. Volume 4, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007.HS4:215 (E)
Hammond, Wayne G. and Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings. A Reader's Companion, London: HarperCollins, 2005.HS3:269 (E)
Hooker, Mark T., A Tolkienian Mathomium, Lulu.com, 2006.HS3:262 (E)
---, The Hobbitonian Anthology of Articles about J.R.R. Tolkien and his Legendarium, Llyfrawr: CreateSpace, 2009.HS6:242 (E)
Turner, Allan, Translating Tolkien. Philological Elements in The Lord of the Rings, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2005.HS2:280 (G)
Panti, Thomas
Kane, Douglas Charles, Arda Reconstructed, Betlehem: Lehigh Unversity Press, 2009.HS6:244 (G)
Robinson, Jeremy Mark, J.R.R. Tolkien. The Books, The Films, The Whole Cultural Phenomenon, Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishers, 2008.HS6:233 (G)
Pesch, Helmut W.
Weinreich, Frank, Fantasy. Einführung, Essen: Oldib-Verlag, 2007.HS4:218 (G)
Renk, Thorsten
„Wörter- und Lernbücher Elbisch“, the review covers:
  • Krege, Wolfgang, Elbisches Wörterbuch, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2003.
  • Pesch, Helmut W., Elbisch. Grammatik, Schrift und Wörterbuch der Elben-Sprache J.R.R. Tolkiens, Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe, 2003.
  • Pesch, Helmut W., Elbisch. Lern- und Übungsbuch der Elben-Sprachen J.R.R. Tolkiens, Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe, 2004.
  • Salo, David, A Gateway to Sindarin, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2004.
HS2:257 (d)
Schneidewind, Friedhelm
Gee, Henry, The Science of Middle-earth. Explaining the Science behind the greatest Fantasy Epic ever told, New York: Cold Spring Harbor, 2004.HS3:277 (G)
Shippey, Tom A., Roots and Branches. Selected Papers on Tolkien, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2007.HS4:213 (G)
Triebel, Doreen
Blackham, Robert S., The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing, 2006.HS4:221 (E)
Sebok, Krisztina, Roots of Middle-earth Seeds of Fantasy, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 2008.HS6:234 (E)
Turner, Allan
Armitt, Lucie, Fantasy Fiction: An Introduction, London: Continuum, 2005.HS5:243 (E)
Tolkien, J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, London: HarperCollins, 2009.HS6:253 (E)
Velten, Alexandra
Gilliver, Peter, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner, The Ring of Words. Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.HS3:260 (E)
Wedel, Michael
Lam, Adam and Nataliya Oryshchuk (eds.), How We Became Middle-earth. A Collection of Essays on The Lord of the Rings, Zürich: Waling Tree, 2007.HS6:226 (G)
Margolis, Harriet, Sean Cubitt, Barry King and Thierry Jutel (eds.), Studying the Event Film The Lord of the Rings, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008.HS6:226 (G)
Weichmann, Christian
Pirson, Ron (ed.), Unquendor: Lembas-extra, Leiden: De Tolkienwinkel, 2004.HS1:185 (G)
Weinreich, Frank
Armstrong, Karen, Eine kurze Geschichte des Mythos, Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2005.HS3:265 (G)
Bassham, Gregory and Eric Bronson (eds.), Der Herr der Ringe und die Philosophie, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2009.HS6:237 (G)
Dickerson, Matthew and Jonathan Evans, Ents, Elves, and Eriador. The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 2006.HS4:223 (G)
Geier, Fabian, J.R.R. Tolkien, Reinbeck: Rowohlt, 2009.HS6:240 (G)
Honegger, Thomas (ed.), Reconsidering Tolkien, Zurich and Berne: Walking Tree Publishers, 2005.HS2:277 (G)
Le Blanc, Thomas and Bettina Twrsnick (eds.), Das Dritte Zeitalter. J.R.R. Tolkiens Herr der Ringe, Wetzlar: Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar, 2006.HS3:275 (G)

 

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