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17th March 2024: New publication, Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate: Northern Narratives of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium
The theory of Northern Courage was J.R.R. Tolkien' s designation
for the heroic ethos found in 'Germanic' or Northern heroic lays
and epics. Tolkien admired the nobility of the old heroes, such as
Beowulf, but wrestled with the inherent cruelty of the Welands,
Ingelds, and Gunnars that is also expressed within this heroic framework.
This volume explores the means in which this conflict of nobility
and cruelty, virtue and vice, expresses itself in Tolkien's narrative
fiction. Such means include the use of secondary-world chroniclers
narrating a secondary-world history and tales to a secondary-world
audience through illustrative narratives that dramatize the moral
and ideological views of the narrators themselves. The narratives
are often tragic, but they serve to highlight the different aspects of
Northern courage through the examples of the Fingolfians, Fëanorians,
and subsequently the Edain and Dúnedain. The moral and ideological
views expressed by these secondary-world narrators parallel
Tolkien's own personal correspondence and academic essays, which
also criticized the vices and praised the virtues of Northern courage.
Gallant's study is the winner of the 2024 Inklings-Prize in the category 'best scholarly publication (PhD/Habilitation)' of the Inklings-Gesellschaft e.V.
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17th March 2024: Journal of Tolkien Research reviews Tweaking Things a Little
A review of Tweaking Things a Little. Essays on the Epic Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien and G.R.R. Martin, reviewed by Andrew Higgins, has been publihed in the Journal of Tolkien Research, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 1.
Link to article on website of University of Valparaiso:
scholar.valpo.edu/ journaloftolkienresearch/ vol18/iss1/7/.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=214 )
17th March 2024: Journal of Inklings Studies reviews Law, Government, and Society
A review of Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works, reviewed by Mary M. Keys of the University of Notre Dame, has been publihed in the Journal of Inklings Studies, Volume 13 Issue 2, Page 296-298.
Link to article on website of Edinburgh University Press:
www.euppublishing.com/ doi/full/10.3366/ink.2023.0205.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=213 )
11th December 2023: Lembas Katern reviews Tweaking Things a Little
A review of Tweaking Things a Little. Essays on the Epic Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien and G.R.R. Martin by Renée Vink has been publihed in Lembas Katern (a supplement to Lembas 204. Lembas is a publication of the Dutch Tolkien Society, Unquendor. The review is reproduced here with kind permission.
Link to review (pdf format)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=212 )
11th December 2023: Mythlore reviews Nólë Hyarmenillo
A review of Nólë Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien by Nancy Martsch has been publihed in Mythlore Volume 42, Number 1.
Link to review (on dc.swosu.edu website)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=211 )
11th December 2023: Price adjustments
We have not adjusted our prices since 2011. Not only have our production costs developed since then, but exchange rates have also shifted considerably, making the books much more costly in some markets than in others.
We have thus felt it necessary to introduce a new price list. The price list can be accessed here. This list is available in four currencies:
- Swiss Francs (CHF)
- Euros (€)
- US Dollars ($)
- Pounds Sterling (£).
As previously, these prices are applicable only to books you buy from us directly, and exclusive of shipment and packaging costs. Other retailers typically pursue their own pricing policy.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=210 )
5th July 2023: Tolkien and the Classical World reviewed by SFRA Review
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed by James Hamby in SFRA Review (Science Fiction Research Association).
Link to review (on web page of SFRA Review here
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=209 )
4th July 2023: Eight book reviews
Catching up further on reviews of our books, we are adding eight further reviews.
All review links below lead to the websites of the respective journals. You can also check all reviews on this page.
Nólë Hyarmenillo An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien has been reviewed:
- by Sophie Modert in Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung (2022) (in German)
- by Eduardo Segura in The Journal of Inkling Studies (2023)
The Gallant Edith Bratt has been reviewed:
- by Giovanni Carmine Costabile in The Journal of Inkling Studies (2022)
Middle-earth or There and Back Again has been reviewed:
- by Andrew Higgins in The Journal of Inkling Studies (2021)
Something has gone Crack has been reviewed:
- by Stuart Lee in The Journal of Inkling Studies (2020)
Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond has been reviewed:
- by Vincent E. Rone in The Journal of Inkling Studies (2020)
J.R.R. Tolkien, Romanticist and Poet
has been reviewed:
- by Greengirdle
Laughter in Middle-earth has been reviewed:
- by Jean Chausse in Mallorn 59 (2018)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=208 )
2nd July 2023: New publication, Tweaking Things a Little
"World-building, name-finding, language-crafting; the flaws in chivalric practice, and the ethics (Machiavellian and otherwise) that produce the moral complexities of Middle-earth and the Known World are thus the topics that Tweaking Things a Little considers. The modest title belies what lies within these covers: nimble readings, profound knowledge of the medieval world, original and provocative reading of both books and the TV show await the reader here. Pointing both back in time to the medieval underpinnings of Tolkien's creation and outwards to the contemporary world that informs Martin's pragmatic and politically astute thinking, these essays enthral, astonish and challenge. Best of all, they encourage us to journey back into Middle-earth and the Known World, with newly opened eyes and ears, to rediscover their wonders anew."
Carolyne Larrington, Professor of Medieval European Literature (University of Oxford), author of Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of 'Game of Thrones' (2015) and All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in 'Game of Thrones' (2021).
About the author: Thomas Honegger is Professor for English Medieval Studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (Germany).
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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=207 )
2nd July 2023: Tolkien Seminar 2023
The 2023 DTG Tolkien Conference (with support of Walking Tree Publishers) will be held at the Georg-August Universität in Göttingen, Germany on 27 to 29th October 2023. The conference topic is "With other eyes: The Visualisation Tolkien's Work / Mit anderen Augen: Die Visualisierung von Tolkiens Werk".
A conference program will be published shortly. Please also check Tolkien Seminar (on DTG website) and conference latest (on this website).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=206 )
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