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Are you fascinated by Middle-earth?
Do you desire to learn more?
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.
For secondary literature on Tolkien, make this website your starting point!
Latest news ...
October 2006: Tolkien and Modernity is now available.
August 2006: Two new calls for papers have been posted:
For the DTG Seminar 07 / Walking Tree Publishers Decenary Conference to be jointly hosted by the DTG and the Walking Tree Publishers in Jena, Germany, 4-6th May 2007. This call for papers is also available in German.
For the book, Constructions of Authorship in and around the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Call for papers: The Silmarillion: Thirty Years On.
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Today's selection ...
Humiliated Heroes:
Peter Jackson's Interpretation of The Lord of the Rings
Anthony S. Burdge & Jessica Burke
Tolkien in writing Lord of the Rings and even The Hobbit has almost single-handedly resurrected images of the hero. Inspired by heroic motifs from Beowulf to King Arthur, Tolkien wished to reintroduce such heroism to a world ... (read more)
(A different book or paper from our portfolio is featured here every day. This publication is featured on 23rd October 2006. Click here if this is not today's version.)
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