Tolkien and Medieval Tradition Resources
Bibliographical Resources
- Chronological Bibliography of Tolkien's Works
- Chronological Bibliography of Works about Tolkien
- Bibliography of Scholarly Studies of Tolkien (Through 2000)
- The 1992 Tolkien Centenary Conference
- A Beginner's Guide to Tolkien Criticism -- My annotated list.
Tolkien's Life
- J. R. R. Tolkien Chronology
- J. R. R. Tolkien Biography (Tolkien Society)
General Handouts on Tolkien
- Tolkien's Essays and Letters on Elvish and Human Death and Reincarnation
- A Tolkien Reading Plan
- Some "Certainties" in Tolkien & Tolkien Studies
Beowulf
- Ethics in the Heroic Society
- The Historical Elements in Beowulf
- Structure in Beowulf
- Outline of The Monsters & the Critics
- Tolkien on Translating Beowulf
- Comparative Translation Example (website)
- Interlinear Translation of Beowulf (website)
Old English & Old Norse Texts
- The Battle of Maldon (website)
- Tolkien's Anglo-Saxon Sense and Sensibility
- Tolkien's "Northernness": Tolkien the Kolbítar
- Tolkien's The New Lay of the Võlsungs and The New Lay of Gudrún: Overview & Thematic Exploration
Kalevala
- The Kalevala (trans. John Martin Crawford 1888)
Middle English Texts
- The Code of Chivalry and the Cult of Love
- Middle English Text of Sir Gawain (ed. Tolkien and Gordon)
- Other Translations of Sir Gawain
- Key Ideas of Tolkien's Lecture, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Pearl-Poet Web sources
- Introduction to Pearl (website at TEAMS)
- Pearl Overview & Discussion Questions
- Introduction to Sir Orfeo (website at TEAMS)
- Sir Orfeo, Orpheus, Odysseus, and Faërie
On Fairy-Stories
Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major
The Silmarillion
- Main Myths and Mythic Development of The Silmarillion
- Myth Outlines and Discussion Questions for The Silmarillion, Beginnings and First Age
- The Wars of Beleriand
- The Celestial Hierarchy of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
The Second Age & Beginnings of The Third Age
- Atlantis, the Antediluvian World (1882), Ignatius Donnelly [e-text]
- Tolkien & the Atlantis Myth
- "Aldarion and Erendis" & Tolkien's Views of the Sacrament of Marriage
The Hobbit
- A Medieval Philologist Writing in Victorian/Edwardian Genres
- The Northernness of The Hobbit and its Structure
- Hobbit Illustrations Worldwide
- The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek (Section XI. is one of the strong sources for the riddle game.)
Victorian/Edwardian Influences
- William Morris Novels
- King Solomon's Mines & She (H. Rider Haggard)
- The Black Douglas
- Review of The Marvelous Land of Snergs
- Lewis Carroll Society Website
- Kenneth Grahame Texts
- E. Nesbit Stories
- George MacDonald E-list
The Lord of the Rings
- Conceptions of the Pastoral in The Fellowship of the Ring
- Marian Devotion & The Courtly Tradition in Elbereth & Galadriel
- Medieval Motifs in Books 3 and 4
- The Return of the King: Emotional Monarchy in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
- Theological Patterns & Themes in The Lord of the Rings