(john ronald reuel)

Presents essays from sixteen bestselling fantasy authors in which they discuss the impact of J.R.R. Tolkien's writing about the imaginary world of Middle-earth on their own careers.

A collection of critical essays that examines J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings, " and features an introduction by Harold Bloom, and discusses the themes, plot, characters, and other related topics; and includes a chronology.

A collection of essays that analyze the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.

A critical study of Tolkien's works including "The Hobbit, " "The Lord of the Rings, " "Leaf of Niggle, " and "Smith of Wootton Major.".

Analyzes and interprets Tolkien's "The Silmarillion, " with information on its creation and its relationship to Tolkien's other works.

A collective biography of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and other authors of literary fantasies.

Examines the personal life and literary career of the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Contains four volumes of stories, poems, commentaries, unpublished manuscripts, and translations of medieval poems by Tolkien, including tales of Middle-earth, the setting of his Lord of the Rings novels.

Alphabetically-arranged entries provide information about facts, names, words, dates, and etymological allusions found in Tolkien's books about Middle Earth, with genealogical tables, maps, and charts.