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20th June 2012: New publication – Wagner and Tolkien, Mythmakers

Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers "Both Rings were round and there the resemblance ceases", wrote J.R.R. Tolkien about the rings in his epic The Lord of the Rings and Richard Wagner's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. Or did he? The answer is not as straightforward as many Tolkien fans believe, whether they agree with the statement or consider it misguided. Nor is the statement itself as transparently defensive as some Wagner buffs suggest.

Much has been said and written about Wagner and Tolkien, a subject that tends to generate a certain amount of heat, mostly due to the former's controversial status as Hitler's favourite composer. But until now the various, often contradictory opinions and the facts and perceptions on which they are based were rarely discussed at length or analysed in depth. [read more]

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=69 )

This book is the second of a pair that explores the Tolkien and Wagner topic.

9th June 2012: New publication – The Broken Scythe

The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (editors)
With a preface by Verlyn Flieger

What is the central theme of The Lord of the Rings? J.R.R. Tolkien's answer to this apparently simple question may surprise some readers: "I do not think that even Power or Domination is the real centre of my story [...] The real theme for me is about something much more permanent and difficult: Death and Immortality" (Letters no. 186). Despite this very clear statement, only a small number of published studies have focused on these two themes. [read more]

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=68 )

8th June 2012: Book review in Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung

A review of Liam Campbell's The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien has been published in Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung. The review (in German) can be read here.

Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung is the journal of Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V., www.fantastikforschung.de

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=67 )

 

18th April 2012: Reminder of Jena conference

Just to remind those who are still undecided, that a conference entitled Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy is taking place in Jena, Germany, from Friday 27th April to Sunday 29th April. The conference is co-organised by DTG and Walking Tree Publishers. For more information on this event, please visit the conference website seminar2012.kolbitar.de .

28th March 2012: Book review in Inklings Jahrbuch 29

A review of The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien has been published in Inklings Jahrbuch 29. The review (in German) can be read here.

Inklings Jahrbuch is the journal of the Inklings Gesellschaft, whose website is www.inklings-gesellschaft.de.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=65 )

 

9th March 2012: Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy

The upcoming conference, Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy, now has a poster.

Tolkien's Influence on fantasy conference poster

For more information on this event, please visit the conference website seminar2012.kolbitar.de .

To download a printable pdf of the poster (ca. 1.6 MB), click here.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/12_jena_poster.php )

25th February 2012: Tolkien and Wagner now available

Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to announce the publication of Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring by Christopher MacLachlan.

Tolkien famously rejected comparison of his Ring with Wagner's, though there is good evidence that Tolkien knew much more about Der Ring des Nibelungen than he let on after the publication of The Lord of the Rings. Analysis of that work from a Wagnerian point of view enables consideration of it in a new way. (read more)

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=63 )

This book is the first of a pair that explores the Tolkien and Wagner topic.

11th February 2012: Hobbit Place-names now available

Hobbit Place-names, A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire by Rainer Nagel Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to announce the publication of Hobbit Place-names, A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire by Rainer Nagel.

J.R.R. Tolkien's giving of names has garnered considerable attention in the linguistic analysis of Tolkien's works. Usually, however, the focus has been on singling out particular names of important individuals and places. Thorough analyses of names (place-names or personal ones) are usually reserved for Elvish names only. (read more)

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=62 )

30th January 2012: Upcoming publications

Cormare Series on WTP book stand
 

Walking Tree Publishers are currently working on the following new publications:

Exploring the domain of Tolkien and Wagner, two books are being prepared:

  • Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring
    by Christopher MacLachlan
    [->announcement]

  • Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers
    by Reneé Vink
    [->announcement]

Furthermore, the following books are also in preparation:

  • Hobbit Place Names. A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire
    by Rainer Nagel
    [->announcement].

  • The Broken Scythe
    Roberto Arduini and Claudio Antonio Testi (editors)
    [->announcement]

  • Constructions of Authorship in and around the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
    Judith Klinger (editor)
    [->announcement].

  • In the Nameless Wood (working title)
    by J.S. Ryan, as part two to his previous book, Tolkien's View: Windows into his World
    [->announcement].

These books will be announced on this website as they are released.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=61 )

19th December 2011: Second edition of Inside Language

Inside Language by Ross Smith Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to anounce the publication of a second edition of Inside Language, Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien by Ross Smith.

The entire text has been thoroughly revised and a detailed index has been added. In addition, new material has been incorporated and a number of passages have been reworked in search of greater consistency. The result is a second edition which builds on the strengths of the first to achieve a more robust and coherent work. (read more)

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=60 )

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