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Are you fascinated by Middle-earth?
Do you wish for a greater understanding of Tolkien's place in literature, his sources, his motivations, his beliefs; those who inspired him and those he inspired, the languages and the world he created and the reactions he provoked?
The Walking Tree Publishers collect and publish essays, papers and monographs from a broad range of different authors covering an equally diverse palette of topics, ranging from linguistics to theology.
Make this page your starting place for secondary literature on Tolkien.
Latest news ...
14th January 2010: Tolkien Seminar 2010 Programme
The German Tolkien Society (Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft) have published the programme for their 2010 Tolkien Seminar. The conference will study the topic "Tolkien and Romanticism", and be held at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (Germany) from 23rd to 25th April. The event is supported by Walking Tree Publishers.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/10_jena.php )
Related announcement: Tolkien Seminar 2010 in Jena.
5th January 2010: Beowulf and the Dragon in pictures
Below are some views of Walking Tree Publisher's recent art book, Beowulf and the Dragon.
These views can be enlarged by clicking. To learn more about this book, visit the Beowulf and the Dragon page.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=30 )
3rd January 2010: Your chance to win Music in Middle-earth.
The website Tolkien Bücher is running a competition, whose prizes include a copy of the Walking Tree Publishers' latest book, Music in Middle-earth. To participate, please visit the competition page (in German) of tolkien-buecher.de (external links).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=29 )
Today's selection ...
"Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes"
The Perennial Modernity of Free Will
Jason Fisher
J.R.R. Tolkien was certainly no modernist; rather, he was what we might call a traditionalist – some might even have called him a Luddite. But this does not mean that his magnum opus, The Lord of the ... (read more)
(A different book or paper from our portfolio is featured here every day. This publication is featured on 9th February 2010. Click here if this is not today's version.)
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