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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.
Latest news ...
June 2007: Information on two new books added:
February 2007: The programme of the Decenary Conference (to be held in Jena, Germany 4-6 May 2007) is now online.
October 2006: The two volumes of Tolkien and Modernity (Cormarë Series No. 9 and 10) are now available.
Today's selection ...
Slow-Kindled Courage.
A Study of Heroes in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Anna Slack
It is posited that in the dislocation between literature’s example and reality’s experience, the Great War created a backlash against the linguistic and ideological form of heroic literature, eliciting a sense of ‘disenchantment’ for concurrent poets and ... (read more)
(A different book or paper from our portfolio is featured here every day. This publication is featured on 10th October 2007. Click here if this is not today's version.)
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