Tolkien's Legendarium

VERLYN FLIEGER is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, where she teaches courses in Tolkien, Medieval Literature, Comparative Mythology, and Fantasy and Science Fiction./e She is the author of two books on Tolkien and has published articles on Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Austin Tappan Wright, and E.R. Eddison.CARL F. HOSTETTER is a computer scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. His chief scholarly interest of the past 15 years has been the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien, and he has edited a journal devoted to the subject, Vinyar Tengwar, since 1989. He is also a member of a project to order, transcribe, and edit Tolkien's unpublished linguistic papers.

• IntroductionConventions and AbbreviationsThe HistoryEarly Days of Elder Days by Rayner UnwinThe Development of Tolkien's Legendarium: Some Threads in the Tapestry of Middle-earth by Christina Scull"A Continuing and Evolving Creation": Distractions in the Later History of Middle-earth by Wayne G. HammondOn the Construction of "The Silmarillion" by Charles E. NoadThe Literary Value of The History of Middle-earth by David BratmanThe LanguagesGnomish Is Sindarin: The Conceptual Evolution of an Elvish Language by Christopher GilsonCerthas, Skirditaila, Fupark: A Feigned History of Runic Origins by Arden R. SmithThree Elvish Verse Modes Ann-thennath, Minlamad thent/estent, and Linnod by Patrick Wynne and Carl F. HostetterThe Cauldron and the CookTolkien's Lyric Poetry by Joe R. ChristopherSome of Tolkien's Narrators by Paul Edmund ThomasThe Footsteps of AElfwine by Verlyn FliegerThe Lost Road, The Dark Tower and The Notion Club Papers: Tolkien and Lewis's Time Travel Triad by John D. RateliffGandalf and Odin by Marjorie BurnsTúrin's Ofermod: An Old English Theme in the Development of Túrin by Richard C. WestAppendix:Christopher Tolkien: A Bibliography by Douglas A. AndersonSuggested Further ReadingIndexAbout the Contributors