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23rd May 2022: New book: Nólë Hyarmenillo
We are pleased to announce our latest publication, Nólë Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien, edited by Nuno Simões Rodrigues, Martin Simonson, Angélica Varandas.
The present collection, Nólë Hyarmenillo ('Lore from the South' in Quenya), features essays written by Spanish and Portuguese scholars on diverse topics related to Tolkien and his legendarium, ranging from an analysis of film posters and adaptations, to studies of comparative literature, ecocritical analysis and the role and impact of Tolkien's works in contemporary subculture. As such, the anthology also reflects the growing bonds between two national communities of scholars, who over the past decade have consolidated research on Tolkien's legendarium at various large universities on the Iberian peninsula.
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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=183 )
23rd May 2022: New book: Law, Government and Society
We are pleased to announce our latest publication, Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works, by José María Miranda Boto.
Law and government are aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien's works that have not received much scholarly attention. However, they are present in many facets of his sub-creation. In describing the various societies that populate it, Tolkien addressed aspects of their legal and governmental systems, such as the succession of kings, rules of inheritance, or the function of the Mayor of Michel Delving. In many cases, he did so to add a further thread to the rich tapestry of his descriptions.
But in other cases, law appears as an important narrative element, functioning as a test of character for the protagonists who encounter it. Thus, the trial of Beregond reveals Aragorn's justice, while Turgon's ordering the execution of Ëol shows his ruthlessness.
Law and philology appear together in several passages of Tolkien's work. It is no coincidence that the most relevant objects of his sub- creation, the One Ring and the Silmarils, are described in archaic legal terms. In parallel, law and the tools of government are used as humorous elements in other fragments.
Law and government are, in short, omnipresent in Tolkien's work. They are not a central element, but, without what is studied in this book, Arda would have been much poorer.
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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=182 )
18th April 2022: Lembas reviews Tolkien and the Classical World
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed in Lembas.
The Dutch text of the review can be read here (pdf) and an English translation here.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=181 )
18th April 2022: Two reviews of Edith volume
The Gallant Edith Bratt has seem two fresh reviews published: A short and somewhat critical one in Beyond Bree and a slightly longer and somewhat more positive one in Lembas.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=180 )
17th April 2022: Two books shortlisted for award
Two of our books have been shortlisted for the 'Best Book' category by the Tolkien Society for the 2022 Tolkien Society Award.
This is, as far as we know, the first time any books from Walking Tree Publishers have been shortlisted for this notable award.
Our books represent two among the four shortlisted in the category.
They are:
- The Gallant Edith Bratt (by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays)
- Tolkien and the Classical World (ed. Hamish Williams)
More information on the vote (and the other works shortlisted) is available on the Tolkien Society website.
Voting is restricted to Tolkien Society members and is now closed. We eagerly await the outcome of the vote.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=179 )
16th April 2022: Three book reviews in Mythlore
Three reviews of our recent books have been published in Mythlore (Vol. 40, Nr. 2, Spring/Summer 2022).
The reviews can be read on the site of Mythlore (link here).
The books reviewed are:
- Pagan Saints in Middle earth (by Claudio Testi)
- Middle-earth or There and Back Again (edited by Łukasz Neubauer)
- Tolkien and the Classical World (edited by Hamish Williams)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=178 )
3rd February 2022: Tolkien Seminar 2022
The DTG's 2022 Tolkien Seminar will have as topic Space and Time in Tolkien's Work and be held at the University of Jena, Germany, from 28-30th October 2022. A call for papers has been announced on the DTG website.
The event is supported by Walking Tree Publishers.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/22_jena.php )
12th November 2021: Mention of The Gallant Edith Bratt in Journal of Tolkien Research
The Gallant Edith Bratt has been mentioned in a recent article in Journal of Tolkien Research. The paper An Unexpected Study: A Response to Ordway's "Tolkien's Modern Reading" by Maureen F. Mann says:
Nothing demonstrates so clearly that Tolkien studies have developed far beyond this unquestioning reliance on the Carpenter biography which Ordway promotes than the publication this year of a new biography devoted to Tolkien's wife, The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien's Inspiration by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays, from Walking Tree Press
The paper can be read here:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol12/iss2/6/
(website of Journal of Tolkien Research, hosted by Valparaiso University)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=176 )
12th November 2021: Review of Something has Gone Crack in Mythprint
A review of Something has Gone Crack has been published in Mythprint.
The review can be read here and further information on Something has Gone Crack can be found here.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=175 )
19th August 2021: New publication, The Gallant Edith Bratt
We are pleased to announce our latest publication The Gallant Edith Bratt, by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays.
Who was Edith Bratt? Millions saw Hollywood's fantasy version of J.R.R. Tolkien's one and only love, Edith Bratt, in the 2019 movie, Tolkien. Fact, though, is stranger than fiction, and more interesting. Edith's story reveals a gallant heroine suffering under "The Shadow of the Past." Edith was Ronald's "lover," and much like her mother, Edith risked all for the man she loved. New research finds a financially independent and strong woman who was not only John Ronald's equal, but his muse, his anchor of stability in the present, and his hope for the future.
Admirers, enthusiasts, and students of Tolkien will find much new material to enrich their understanding and appreciation of Tolkien. Placing the development of John Ronald Tolkien's Elvish languages, mythology, and art during the crucial years of 1916-18 in a new biographical context that includes the importance and significance of Edith Bratt culminates in the pivotal story of Lúthien and Beren with new unsuspected sources and the complementary artwork of The Fair Towns of Holy Tol Eressëa. A fresh awareness of the compelling and pervasive influence and effect of Tolkien's biography on his oeuvre suggests new views and possibilities for further investigations.
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