Cormarë Series

 
The books of the Cormarë Series collect papers of non-fictional writing on Tolkien and his world.

To date, 20 books have been published:

• Music in Middle-earth .
  Heidi Steimel and Friedhelm Schneidewind :
  read abstract.

• Tolkien's View:
  Windows into his World.
  J.S. Ryan:
  read abstract.

• Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration :
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• Tolkien's Shorter Works:
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition.
  Martin Simonson:
  read abstract, see reviews.

• The Silmarillion: 30 years on.
  Allan Turner:
  read abstract, see reviews.

• Myth and Magic:
  Art according to the Inklings:
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• How We Became Middle-earth.
  Adam Lam & Nataliya Oryshchuk:
  read abstract.

• Inside Language.
  Ross Smith:
  read abstract.

• Roots and Branches.
  Tom Shippey :
  read abstract.

• Tolkien and Modernity 2:
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• Tolkien and Modernity 1:
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• Reconsidering Tolkien:
  see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

• Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
  Christopher Garbowski:
  read abstract.

• Translating Tolkien: Text and Film: see contents, read abstracts.

• Tolkien Through Russian Eyes: read abstract.
  

• Tolkien in Translation: see contents, read abstracts.
  

• Four Christian Fantasists: A Study of the Fantastic Writings of George MacDonald, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Richard Sturch: read abstract, reviews
  

• Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien: see contents, read abstracts, reviews
  

• News from the Shire and Beyond - Studies on Tolkien: see contents, read abstracts
  

See also publications planned

 
Music in Middle-earth

Music in Middle-earth :
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311 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2010, Cormarë No 20, ISBN 978-3-905703-14-6

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Tolkien's View:
Windows into his World

Tolkien's View:
Windows into his World:
J.S. Ryan. (read abstract)

286 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2009, Cormarë No 19, ISBN 978-3-905703-13-9

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Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration :
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Tolkien, Exeter College and the Great War :
John Garth . (read abstract)

The Word as Leaf:
Perspectives on Tolkien as Lexicographer and Philologist :
Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner, and Jeremy Marshall . (read abstract)

Gilson, Smith, and Baggins :
Verlyn Flieger . (read abstract)

Enchantment in Tolkien and Middle-earth :
Patrick Curry . (read abstract)

From Vico to Tolkien:
The Affirmation of Myth Against the Tyranny of Reason :
Marek Oziewicz . (read abstract)

Frodo or Zarathustra:
Beyond Nihilism in Tolkien and Nietzsche :
Peter M. Candler, Jr. . (read abstract)

Morals Makyth Man – and Hobbit :
Leon Pereira OP . (read abstract)

Tolkien, Chesterton, and Thomism :
Alison Milbank . (read abstract)

The Influence of Holiness:
The Healing Power of Tolkien's Narrative :
Guglielmo Spirito OFM Conv. . (read abstract)

Tolkien's Project :
Stratford Caldecott . (read abstract)

248 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 18, Editor: Stratford Caldecott and Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-12-2

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Tolkien's Shorter Works

Tolkien's Shorter Works :
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Introduction :
Margaret Hiley & Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

"Tom Bombadil": Poetry and Accretion :
Allan Turner . (read abstract)

Speaking With Animals:
A Desire that Lies Near the Heart of Faërie :
Guglielmo Spirito OFM Conv. (Assisi) . (read abstract)

Setting Things Right in Farmer Giles of Ham and the Lord of the Rings:
Tolkien’s Conception of Justice :
Marek Oziewicz . (read abstract)

The Rout of the King: Tolkien’s Readings on Arthurian Kingship – Farmer Giles of Ham and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth :
Vincent Ferré . (read abstract)

Farmer Giles of Ham:
the Prototype of a Humorous Dragon Story :
Friedhelm Schneidewind . (read abstract)

"... Until the Dragon Comes":
Tolkien’s Dragon-Motif as Poetological Concept :
Patrick Brückner . (read abstract)

Theology and Fairy-Stories:
A Theological Reading of Tolkien’s Shorter Works? :
Thomas Fornet-Ponse . (read abstract)

The "Meaning" of Leaf by Niggle :
Betrand Alliot . (read abstract)

The Autobiographical Tolkien :
Heidi Steimel . (read abstract)

Leaf by Tolkien?
Allegory and Biography in Tolkien’s Literary Theory and Practice :
Fabian Geier . (read abstract)

Redefining the Romantic Hero: a Reading of Smith of Wootton Major in the Light of Ludwig Tieck's Der Runenberg :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

Smith of Wootton Major, "The Sea-Bell" and Lothlórien:
Tolkien and the Perils of Faërie :
Maria Raffaella Benvenuto . (read abstract)

A Star Above the Mast:
Tolkien, Faërie and the Great Escape :
Anna E. Slack . (read abstract)

Journeys in the Dark :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

Smith of Wootton Major Considered as a Religious Text :
Martin Sternberg . (read abstract)

Metaphysics of Myth:
The Platonic Ontology of "Mythopoeia" :
Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

352 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 17, Editor: Margaret Hiley & Frank Weinreich , ISBN 978-3-905703-11-5

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The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition

The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition:
Martin Simonson. (read abstract)

243 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 16, ISBN 978-3-905703-09-2

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The Silmarillion: 30 years on

The Silmarillion: 30 years on :
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176 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 15, ISBN 978-3-905703-10-8

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Myth and Magic:
Art according to the Inklings

Recovering the “Utterly Alien Land”:
Tolkien and Transcendentalism :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

New Learning and New Ignorance:
Magia, Goeteia, and the Inklings :
Tom Shippey . (read abstract)

Words for Magic: goetia, gûl and lúth :
Dieter Bachmann . (read abstract)

When is a Fairy Story a Faërie Story?
Smith of Wootton Major :
Verlyn Flieger . (read abstract)

Myth, Fact and Incarnation :
Colin Duriez . (read abstract)

Iron Crown, Iron Cage:
Tolkien and Weber on Modernity and Enchantment :
Patrick Curry . (read abstract)

A Mythology for England?
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Lewis’s View of Myth
as a Conveyer of Deepest Truth :
Devin Brown . (read abstract)

‘A Kind of Orpheus-Legend in Reverse’:
Two Classical Myths in the Story of Beren and Lúthien :
Miryam Librán-Moreno . (read abstract)

A Monster that Matters: Tolkien’s Grendel Revisited :
Eugenio M. Olivares-Merino . (read abstract)

A Tale as Old as Time, Freshly Told Anew:
Love and Sacrifice in Tolkien, Lewis and Rowling :
Margarita Carretero-González . (read abstract)

The Hidden Meanings of the Name ‘Ransom’:
Strange Philology and ‘Contradiction’ in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy :
Fernando J. Soto and Marta García de la Puerta . (read abstract)

‘As Under a Green Sea’:
Visions of War in the Dead Marshes :
John Garth . (read abstract)

Leaf by Niggle and the Aesthetics of Gift:
Towards a Definition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notion of Art :
Eduardo Segura . (read abstract)

352 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 14, Editor: Eduardo Segura & Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-08-5

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How We Became Middle-earth

How We Became Middle-earth :
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460 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 13, ISBN 978-3-905703-07-8

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Inside Language

Inside Language:
Ross Smith. (read abstract)

145 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 12, ISBN 978-3-905703-06-1

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Roots and Branches

Roots and Branches:
Tom Shippey . (read abstract)

417 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 11, ISBN 978-3-905703-05-4

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Tolkien and Modernity 2

Introduction :
Frank Weinreich & Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Tolkien on Love
Concepts of ‘Love’ in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings :
Patrick Brueckner . (read abstract)

The Lord of the Rings and ‘Late Style’:
Tolkien, Adorno and Said :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

An Introduction to the Dynamics of the Intertraditional Dialogue in The Lord of the Rings:
Aragorn’s Heroic Evolution :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

Slow-Kindled Courage.
A Study of Heroes in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien :
Anna Slack . (read abstract)

Hidden Paths of Time:
March 13th and the Riddles of Shelob’s Lair :
Judith Klinger . (read abstract)

The Passing of the Elves and the Arrival of Modernity:
Tolkien’s ‘Mythical Method’ :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

The Shaping of ‘Reality’ in Tolkien’s Works:
An Aspect of Tolkien and Modernity :
Heidi Krueger (translated by Heidi Steimel) . (read abstract)

279 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2006, Cormarë No 10, Editor: Thomas Honegger and Frank Weinreich, ISBN 978-3-905703-03-0

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Tolkien and Modernity 1

Introduction :
Frank Weinreich & Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Tolkien: A Man of his Time? :
Anna Vaninskaya . (read abstract)

Against Stereotype:
Éowyn and Lúthien as 20th-Century Women :
Maria Raffaella Benvenuto . (read abstract)

Politically Incorrect:
Tolkien, Women, and Feminism :
Laura Michel . (read abstract)

J.R.R. Tolkien:
A Simplicity Between the "Truly Earthy" and the "Absolutely Modern" :
Bertrand Alliot . (read abstract)

The Maker's Will Fulfilled? :
Jessica Burke & Anthony Burdge . (read abstract)

Brief Considerations on Determinism in Reality and Fiction :
Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

"Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes"
The Perennial Modernity of Free Will :
Jason Fisher . (read abstract)

Freedom and Providence as Anti-Modern Elements? :
Thomas Fornet-Ponse . (read abstract)

Democracy in Middle-earth:
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from a Socio-Political Perspective :
Alexander van de Bergh . (read abstract)

t.b.d. pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2006, Cormarë No 9, Editor: Thomas Honegger and Frank Weinreich, ISBN 978-3-905703-02-3

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Reconsidering Tolkien

Reconsidering the Linguistics of Middle-earth:
Invented Languages and Other Linguistic Features in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings :
Marion Gymnich . (read abstract)

Tolkien as Philo-Logist :
Eduardo Segura and Guillermo Peris . (read abstract)

Tolkien Through the Eyes of a Mediaevalist :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Thoughts on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and History :
Paul E. Kerry . (read abstract)

The Knife, the Sting and the Tooth:
Manifestations of Shadow in The Lord of the Rings :
Natasa Tucev . (read abstract)

Mythic Space in Tolkien's Work
(The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) :
Jean-Christophe Dufau . (read abstract)

Language, Lore and Learning in The Lord of the Rings :
Dirk Vanderbeke . (read abstract)

The Lord of the Rings in the Wake of the Great War:
War, Poetry, Modernism, and Ironic Myth :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

'A Man, lean, dark, tall':
Aragorn Seen Through Different Media :
Connie Veugen . (read abstract)

209 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2005, Cormarë No 8, Editor: Thomas Honegger, ISBN 978-3-905703-00-9

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Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien:
Christopher Garbowski. (read abstract)

209 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2004, Cormarë No 7, ISBN 978-3-9521424-8-6

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Translating Tolkien: Text and Film

The Westron Turned into Modern English:
The Translator and Tolkien’s Web of Languages. Thomas Honegger (read abstract)

“The New One Wants to Assimilate the Alien.”
Different Interpretations of a Source Text as a Reason for Controversy: The ‘Old’ and the ‘New’ German Translation of The Lord of the Rings. Rainer Nagel (read abstract)

The Israeli Translation Controversy -
What About and Where To? Danny Orbach (with contributions by Yuval Kfir and Yuval Welis)(read abstract)

Estne Tolkien Latine Reddendus?
A Light-Hearted Look at Some of the Challenges.
Richard Sturch (read abstract)

Dutch Samizdat:
The Mensink – van Warmelo Translation of The Lord of the Rings . Mark T. Hooker (read abstract)

The Treatment of Proper Names in the German Edition(s) of The Lord of the Rings as an Example of Norms in Translation Practice. Rainer Nagel (read abstract)

Tolkien in Swedish Translation:
from Hompen to Ringarnas herre. Anders Stentström (read abstract)

Tolkien, Our Judge of Peter Jackson. Vincent Ferré (read abstract)

Humiliated Heroes:
Peter Jackson’s Interpretation of The Lord of the Rings. Anthony S. Burdge & Jessica Burke. (read abstract)

The Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings
A Critical Comment. Øystein Høgset (read abstract)

The Professor and the Director and Good vs. Evil in Middle-earth. James Dunning< (read abstract)

The Soundtrack Lyrics of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings –
A Legitimate ‘Translation’ of Tolkien? Alexandra Velten (read abstract)

243 pages, Walking Tree Publishers 2004, Cormarë Series No. 6, ISBN: 3-9521424-9-2.

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Tolkien Through Russian Eyes. Mark Hooker

? pages, Walking Tree Publishers 2003, Cormarë Series No. 5, ISBN: 3-9521424-7-6.

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Tolkien in Translation

A Question of Style: On Translating The Silmarillion into Norwegian. Nils Ivar Agøy. (read abstract)

Begging your pardon, Con el perdón de usted: Some Socio-Linguistic Features in The Lord of the Rings in English and Spanish. Sandra Bayona. (read abstract)

Traduire Tolkien en français: On the Translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Works into French and their Reception in France. Vincent Ferré, Daniel Lauzon, David Riggs. (read abstract)

Nine Russian Translations of The Lord of the Rings. Mark T. Hooker. (read abstract)

The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works. Arden R. Smith. (read abstract)

A Theoretical Model for Tolkien Translation Criticism. Allan Turner. (read abstract)

152 pages, Walking Tree Publishers 2003, Cormarë Series No. 4, ISBN: 3-9521424-6-8.

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Four Christian Fantasists: A Study of the Fantastic Writings of George MacDonald, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Richard Sturch

132 pages, Walking Tree Publishers 2001, Cormarë Series No. 3, ISBN: 3-9521424-2-3.

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Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien

The Monster, the Critics, and the Public : Literary Criticism after the Poll. Thomas Honegger.

The Man in the Moon : Structural Depth in Tolkien. Thomas Honegger. (read abstract)

Tolkien and his Critics : A Critique. Patrick Curry. (read abstract)

Re-enchanting Nature : Some Magic Links between Margaret Atwood and J.R.R. Tolkien. Christina Ljungberg Stuecklin. (read abstract)

179 pages,12 illustrations, Walking Tree Publishers 1999, Cormarë Series No. 2, ISBN: 3-9521424-1-7.

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News from the Shire and Beyond - Studies on Tolkien

Tolkien Studies : News from the Shire and Beyond Indeed. Peter Buchs and Thomas Honegger.

The Speech of the Individual and of the Community in The Lord of the Rings. Nils-Lennart Johanneson. (read abstract)

From Bag End to Lorien : the Creation of a Literary World.Thomas Honegger. (read abstract)

Middle Earth : The Collectible Card Game - Powerplay in the World of Tolkien. Patrick Näf. (read abstract)

Middle-earth : the Wizards - the Representation of Tolkien's World in Game. Peter Buchs. (read abstract)

?? pages, 2 illustrations and 6 maps, Walking Tree Publishers 1997, Cormarë Series No. 1, ISBN: 3-9521424-0-9.

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