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Douglas C. Kane

2024-08-11T10:04:27Z

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'''Douglas Charles Kane''' (born [[1963]]) is a Californian civil rights attorney and an avid [[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fan]]. He was the co-founder of [http://www.thehalloffire.net/ TheHallofFire.net], and posts online under the handle '''Voronwe_the_Faithful'''. As an attorney at law, he also frequently reports on the legal battles between the [[Tolkien Family]] and [[New Line Cinema]].

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==Bibliography==
===Books===
*[[2009]]: ''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]''

===Articles===
*[[2008]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 103/104:
**"Reconstructing Arda: of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
*[[2012]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 9|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 9]]
**"Law and Arda"

==External links==
*'''[http://www.protectingrights.net Official (business) homepage]'''
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José María Miranda Boto

2024-08-11T10:02:48Z

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'''José María Miranda Boto''' is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is the author of "El Derecho en Tolkien" (Cinca, [[2017]]) and "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]]), for which he received the [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[2024]]. He has edited "Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días" (Legendaria, [[2024]]).

Since [[2023]], he has taught at the University of Vienna the course "Law and Literature: Law, Government, and Society in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s Works". He has given lectures on Tolkien at universities in [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[France]] and [[Italy]], as well as at fan associations in Colombia and the [[United Kingdom | UK]]. He was a speaker at the Celsius 232 festival in Avilés. In [[2023]] he directed the summer course of the University of Santiago de Compostela "Tolkien. Un clásico dos nosos días".

==Publications, selected==

===Books===

*[[2017]]: ''El Derecho en Tolkien'' (Cinca)
*[[2022]]: ''[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]'' ([[Walking Tree]])
*[[2024]]: (editor) ''Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días'' (Legendaria)

===Articles===
*[[2022]]: [[Lembas Extra 2022|''Lembas Extra'' 2022]]
**"Law in [[Númenor]]"
===Awards===
*[[2024]]: [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]], "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]])
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Tom Shippey

2024-08-11T09:56:00Z

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'''Thomas Alan Shippey''', Ph.D. ([[9 September]], [[1943]]) is one of the most well known scholars on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], as well as fantasy and science fiction in general. He describes himself as a "Tolkien polemicist".<ref>Email from Tom Shippey (as of 17 February 2012) to [[User:Morgan]].</ref>

==Life==
===Youth===
Thomas Alan Shippey was born to the engineer Ernest Shippey and his wife Christina Emily Kjelgaard in [[Wikipedia:Calcutta|Calcutta]], [[Wikipedia:British Raj|British India]], where his father worked as a bridge builder. He spent the first several years of his life there.<ref name="hanley">Paul Hanley, [http://media.www.unewsonline.com/media/storage/paper953/news/2008/02/08/News/Let-Us.Introduce.You.To.Thomas.Shippey.Ph.d-3198399.shtml ''Let us introduce you to ... Thomas Shippey, Ph.D.'']</ref> When his father came back from the bridge, he transferred Shippey to a strict boarding school in Scotland, where he attended at [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]] from 1954 to 1960.<ref name="Preface">Tom Shippey, ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'', Preface to the Third Edition</ref>

Here he was introduced to science fiction, and ''[[The Hobbit]]'', which was lent to him when he was 14 years old.<ref name="white">Claire E. White, [http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/mar02/shippey.htm ''Talking Tolkien With Thomas Shippey]''</ref> Shippey quickly developed an affinity for [[Old English]], Old Norse, German and Latin (like Tolkien) and playing rugby (like Tolkien), and he was able to afford ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' when he won a school contest.<ref name="hanley"/>

===Academic career===
Shippey did not immediately pursue an academic career after graduation, as the British economy in the early 1960s did not offer much work. Not until the mid-sixties did he enroll in [[Cambridge]].<ref name="white"/> His first academic work on Tolkien was from late 1969 or early 1970. Shippey, a junior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, was asked to speak at a Tolkien day organised by a student association. That lecture, "Tolkien as philologist", would form Shippey's view of Tolkien - a philologist - for years to come. Unbeknownst to him, [[Joy Hill]], the private secretary of Tolkien, was in the audience. After the lecture, she asked him for the script, for Tolkien to read. Tolkien wrote a [[Letter to Tom Shippey|letter]] to Shippey on [[13 April|April 13]], [[1970]], with what first seemed like a formal reply.<ref name="Preface"/>

The first meeting between Shippey and Tolkien took place in [[1972]]. [[Norman Davis]], successor of Tolkien at the Merton Chair of English Language, invited Shippey over for dinner. Shippey, then a Fellow of [[Oxford University|St. John's College]], taught Old and Middle English with Tolkien's syllabus, and his meeting with Tolkien at the dinner left him full of professional piety.<ref name="Preface"/>

After Tolkien's death, Shippey's admiration only grew. His first printed essay, "Creation from Philology in ''The Lord of the Rings''", was much of an elaboration of his 1970 lecture. In 1979, he was elected to the Chair of English Language and Medieval English Literature at the [[Leeds University|University of Leeds]], a former position of Tolkien. He published his first book, the famed ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'', in [[1982]]. At this time, Shippey shifted from the view of Tolkien as a philologist to a view of a post-war writer, or what he called "traumatised authors", like [[wikipedia:Kurt Vonnegut|Vonnegut]] and [[wikipedia:William Golding|Golding]].<ref name="Preface"/>

After 14 years at Leeds, Shippey moved to the [[wikipedia:Saint Louis University|Saint Louis University]], where he was elected to the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities. Here, he could focus in teaching, research and publishing, rather than administrative work. He currently still holds this chair.<ref name="hanley"/>

===Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings===
Being considered the foremost expert on Tolkien, Shippey appeared in several documentaries surrounding [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]. He also assisted the dialect coaches<ref name="white"/> and is personally thanked in the closing credits.<ref name="imdb">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794142/ Tom Shippey] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]</ref> He later recollected his experiences:
{{quote|The funny thing about interviews is you never know which bits they're going to pick. It always feels as if they sit you down, shine bright lights in your eyes, and ask you questions till you say something really silly, and that's the bit they choose. At least they didn't waterboard me. But it was good fun, and I'd cheerfully do it again.|Tom Shippey<ref>[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/885-Tom_Shippey_chat_session.php Transcript of chat session with Pr. Tom Shippey during The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Online Release Party (09.05.09)] at [[Pieter Collier|TolkienLibrary]]</ref>}}

===Amazon's Rings of Power===
He worked as a Tolkien scholar for the Amazon's [[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]] series in the beginning of it's production, but he parted his ways with the project in [[2020]] for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{webcite|author=Collier Jennings|articleurl=https://www.cbr.com/report-tom-shippey-out-at-amazon-lord-of-the-rings/|articlename=REPORT: Amazon's Lord of the Rings Parts Ways With Tolkien Scholar Tom Shippey|dated=16 April 2020|website=cbr.com|accessed=31 October 2022}}</ref>

==Parallels==
Many commenters have noticed many parallels between his life and Tolkien's:
* Both Shippey and Tolkien were born in a colony.
* Both Shippey and Tolkien moved to [[Birmingham]] at a young age.
* Both Shippey and Tolkien pursued an academic career in [[Oxford]] and [[Leeds]].

==Bibliography==
The list below is extensive, but not complete.
===Books===
* [[1982]]: ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'', First edition
** [[1992]]: Second edition
** [[2003]]: Third edition
* [[2001]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]''
* [[2007]]: ''[[Roots and Branches|Roots and Branches: Selected Papers on Tolkien]]''
* [[2023]]: ''[[Beowulf: Translation and Commentary (Tom Shippey)|Beowulf: Translation and Commentary]]'' (translator)

===Articles===
* [[1975]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller|J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar and Story-Teller: Essays in Memoriam]]''
** "Creation from Philology in ''The Lord of the Rings''"
* [[1980]]: ''[[Amon Hen 45]]''
** "A Wose by any Other Name"
* [[1988]]: ''[[Arda 1984/1985|Arda 1984]]''
** "Commentary and translation of ''The Clerkes Compleinte'' by J.R.R. Tolkien"
* [[1989]]: ''[[Amon Hen 100]]''
** "Tolkien's Academic Reputation Now"
* [[1991]]: ''[[Leaves from the Tree: J.R.R. Tolkien's Shorter Fiction]]''
** "Tolkien and ''The Homecoming of Beohrtnoth''"
* [[1991]]: ''[[Unquendor|Lembas Extra]]''
** "Heroes and Heroism: Tolkien's Problems, Tolkien's Solutions"
* [[1992]]: ''[[Arda (annual)|Arda]]'' 1987
** "Long Evolution: ''The History of Middle-earth'' and Its Merits"
* [[1993]]: ''[[Scholarship and Fantasy: The Tolkien Phenomenon]]''
** "Tolkien as a Post-War Writer" (originally lecture)
* [[1994]]: ''[[Unquendor|Lembas Extra]]''
** "Noblesse Oblige: Images of Class in Tolkien"
* [[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
** "Tolkien as a Post-War Writer" (reprinted)
** "Tolkien and the Gawain-poet"
* [[1995]]: ''[[Unquendor|Lembas Extra]]''
** "Tolkien and the West Midlands: The Roots of Romance"'
* [[1997]]: ''[[Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees|Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees - Volume 1]]''
** "Inspiration and Invention, or Where Tolkien Got Stuck" [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1980]
** "...I thought of the incident of Zeebrugge which nobody wrote about at all..." [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1983]
* [[1998]]: ''[[Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees|Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees - Volume 2]]''
** "What have these people got in common? One thing... they had all been shot at" [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1991]
* [[2000]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances]]''
** "Orcs, Wraiths, Wights: Tolkien's Images of Evil"
* [[2000]]: ''Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century''
** "The Undeveloped Image: Anglo-Saxon in Popular Consciousness from Turner to Tolkien"
* [[2000]]: "[[J.R.R. Tolkien (Modern Critical Views)]]"
** "Lit. and Lang."
* [[2000]]: ''[[The Ways of Creative Mythologies]]''
** "Grimm, Grundtwig, Tolkien: Nationalisms and the Invention of Mythologies"
* [[2001]]: ''Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts'' 12/2
** "Allegory versus Bounce: Tolkien's ''Smith of Wootton Major''" (with [[Verlyn Flieger]])
* [[2001]]: ''[[Lembas (journal)|Lembas]]'' 100
** "The Versions of ''The Hoard''"
* [[2002]]: [[The Best of Amon Hen|''The Best of Amon Hen'' Part 2]]
** "Tolkien's Academic Reputation Now"
* [[2002]]: ''The Daily Telegraph'' ([[2 January|January 2]])
** "Why the Critics Must Recognize ''Lord of the Rings'' as a Classic"
* [[2002]]: ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]''
** Foreword to the Third Edition
* [[2002]]: ''[[wikipedia:World Literature Today|World Literature Today]]'' 77/2
** "From Page to Screen"
* [[2003]]: [[Christian History 78|''Chistian History'', Issue 78]]
** "A Feeling for Language"
* [[2003]]: ''[[The People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
** Foreword
* [[2004]]: ''[[Unquendor|Lembas Extra]]''
** "Indexing and Poetry in The Lord of the Rings"
* [[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader]]''
** "Tolkien and the Appeal of the Pagan: ''Edda'' and ''Kalevala''"
* [[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1]]''
**"Light-elves, Dark-elves, and Others: Tolkien's Elvish Problem"
**"J.R.R. Tolkien, A Checklist" (with [[Douglas A. Anderson]])
* [[2005]]: ''[[Understanding The Lord of the Rings]]''
** "Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy"
* [[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', entries:
** "Alliterative Verse by Tolkien"
** "Tom Buchan, John (1875-1940)"
** "Cruces in Medieval Literature"
** "[[C.S. Lewis|Lewis, C.S.]] (1898-1963)"
** "Literature, Twentieth Century: Influence of Tolkien"
** "Mythology, Germanic"
** "New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, A"
** "Old Norse Language"
** "Owl and the Nightingale, The"
** "Poems by Tolkien in Other Languages"
** "Poems by Tolkien: [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]"
** "Poems by Tolkien: Uncollected"
** "Scholars of Medieval Literature, Influence of"
** "Ylfe, Álfar, [[Elves]]"
* [[2006]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder]]''
** "History in Words: Tolkien's Ruling Passion"
* [[2007]]: ''[[Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings]]''
** "New Learning and New Ignorance: Magia, Goeteia, and the Inklings"
* [[2007]]: ''[[Silver Leaves]]'' 1
** "Tolkien Connections"
* [[2008]]: ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'' 45
** "Encyclopedia of Ignorance", guest editorial
* [[2008]]: ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'' (expanded edition)
** Introduction
*[[2008]]: ''[[The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference]]''

**"Wisdom and Wise Sayings in ''The Lord of the Rings''"
* [[2009]]: ''[[Beowulf and the Dragon]]''
** Foreword
* [[2010]]: [[Mallorn 49|''Mallorn'' 49]]
** "A question of source" (review of ''[[The Epic Realm of Tolkien]]'')
* [[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]''
** "Introduction: Why Source Criticism?"
*[[2011]]: [[Lembas Extra 2011|''Lembas Extra'' 2011]]
** "The Ancestors of the Hobbits, Strange Creatures in English Folklore"
* [[2012]]: [[Amon Hen 235|''Amon Hen'' 235]]
** "Professor Moorman Again"
*[[2013]]: ''El Señor de los Anillos: del libro a la pantalla''
** Foreword
* [[2013]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City]]''
** "Goths and Roman in Tolkien's Imagination"
*[[2013]]: ''[[Tolkien's Poetry]]''
** "Tolkien's Development as a Writer of Alliterative Poetry in Modern English"
*[[2014]]: ''[[From Peterborough to Faëry]]''
** "Jack Vance: Il ottimo fabbro"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien and Philosophy]]''
**"Tolkien between Philosophy and Philology" (with Franco Manni)
* [[2014]]: [[Mallorn 55|''Mallorn'' 55]]:
** "Reconstructing the Politics of the Dark Age"
* [[2016]]: ''[[Laughter in Middle-earth]]''
** "Foreword"
* [[2016]]: [[Mallorn 57|''Mallorn'' 57]]:
** "The Curious Case of Denethor and the Palantír, Once More"
* [[2018]]: ''[[Pagan Saints in Middle-earth]]''
** "Afterword"
* [[2018]]: [[Amon Hen 272|''Amon Hen'' 272]]
** "Tolkien and the literature of the Fourth Age" (with Leonardo Mantovani, Valérie Morisi and Simone Ronchi)
* [[2018]]: ''[[Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth]]''
** "Tolkien and 'that noble northern spirit'"
* [[2019]]: ''[[Tolkien and the Classics]]''
** "William Morris and Tolkien: Some Unexpected Connections"
* [[2022]]: ''[[The Great Tales Never End]]
** "King Sheave and The Lost Road"
*[[2022]]: ''[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]''
**"Foreword"

===Lectures/Talks===
* [[1970]]: ''Tolkien as Philologist'' ([[wikipedia:University of Birmingham|University of Birmingham]])
* [[1993]]: ''Tolkien as a Post-War Writer'' ([[wikipedia:University of Turku|University of Turku]])
* [[2002]]: ''Tolkien and Iceland: The Philology of Envy'' ([[wikipedia:University of Iceland|University of Iceland]], [http://www.hi.is/Apps/WebObjects/HI.woa/wa/dp?detail=1004508&name=nordals_en_greinar_og_erindi read here])
* [[2002]]: ''J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Behind The Lord of the Rings'' (covention, [[wikipedia:Arizona State University|Arizona State University]])
**"Trees, Chainsaws, and the Visions of Paradise in J.R.R. Tolkien" (in [[2003]] also in [[wikipedia:Cleveland State University|Cleveland State University]])
* [[2004]]: ''Adapting Middle-Earth: Tolkien, the Books, and the Movies'' ([[wikipedia:Northern Illinois University|Northern Illinois University]])
* [[2004]]: ''From Page to Screen: Problems Tolkien Set for Jackson'' ([[wikipedia:Hope College|Hope College]], [[wikipedia:University of Victoria|University of Victoria]])
* [[2004]]: ''History in Words, Tolkien's Ruling Passion'' ([[Marquette University]])
* [[2005]]: ''Wisdom and the Wise in The Lord of the Rings'' ([[wikipedia:Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]])
* [[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien 2005]]'' (convention, [[wikipedia:Aston University|Aston University]])
** "Tolkien and the War"
** "Wisdom and Wise Sayings in ''The Lord of the Rings''"
* [[2006]]: ''Narnia and Middle-Earth: Seventy Years on and Still Accelerating'' ([[wikipedia:Marymount University|Marymount University]])
* [[2007]]: ''Filming the Lord of the Rings: How Peter Jackson Coped with J.R.R. Tolkien'' ([[wikipedia:Bates College|Bates College]])
* [[2008]]: ''C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and the Call to Christian Community'' (conference, [[Diana Glyer|Azusa Pacific University]])
** "The two Images, Discarded and Rejected?"
* [[2010]]: ''Tolkien Book to Jackson Script: The Medium and the Message'' ([[wikipedia:Swarthmore College|Swarthmore College]], available on [https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/tolkien-book-to-jackson-script-medium-and-message#transcript Swarthmore.edu])
* [[2017]]: ''J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf'' ([[Signum University]], available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBt05KUfzg&ab_channel=SignumUniversity YouTube])
* [[2019]]: [[Tolkien 2019]] (convention)
** ''"Heirs of Tolkien? The Major Contenders"'' (available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzyFMSfMvNQ&ab_channel=TheTolkienSociety YouTube])
* [[2019]]: [[Tolkien Thing]] [[2019]] (convention)
** "''Tolkiens Erben''" (German version of ''"Heirs of Tolkien? The Major Contenders"'', available at [https://www.tolkcast.de/episode/018-das-interview-mit-tom-shippey tolkcast.de])

===Reviews===
* [[1977]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[13 May|May 13]]): "The Foolhardy Philologist" (review of ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' by [[Humphrey Carpenter]])
* [[1977]]: ''Oxford Mail''
** ([[15 September|September 15]]): "Silmarillion: The Oddest Tolkien Yet" (review of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'')
* [[1978]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** "Return Trip" (review of ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]''
* [[1979]]: ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'' 13
** "An Introduction to Elvish" (review of ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'' by [[Jim Allan]])
* [[1980]]: ''Notes and Queries'' 225
** (December): "Tolkien's Art" (review of ''[[Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England]]'' by [[Jane Chance]]'')
* [[1981]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[28 August|August 28]]): "A Philologist in Purgatory" (review of ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'')
* [[1982]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[26 November|November 26]]): "Blunt Belligerence" (review of ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'')
* [[1995]]: ''The Library''
** (March issue): "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography" (review of ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography]]'' by [[Wayne G. Hammond]])
* [[2001]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[21 December|December 21]]): "Temptations for All Time" (review of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'')
* [[2002]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[20 December|December 20]]): "The Plot Unravels" (review of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'')
* [[2004]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[9 January|January 9]]): "Not Worn Lightly" (review of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'')
* [[2004]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** ([[20 February|February 20]]) "An Enchanted Front" (review of ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' by [[John Garth]])
* [[2005]]: ''[[wikipedia:Archaeology (magazine)|Archeology]]'' 58/2
** "Excavating Middle-earth" (review of ''[[The Real Middle Earth]]'' by [[Brian Bates]])
* [[2005]]: ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' (March issue)
** Review of ''[[The Science of Middle-earth (2004 book)|The Science of Middle-earth]]'' by [[Henry Gee]]
** Review of ''[[The Real Middle Earth]]'' by [[Brian Bates]]
* [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4]]''
** Review of ''[[The Roots of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Robert S. Blackham]]
* [[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5]]''
** Review of ''[[The History of The Hobbit]]'' by [[John D. Rateliff]]
* [[2008]]: ''[[Aiglos (journal)|Aiglos]]'' #9
** Review of ''[[The Roots of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Robert S. Blackham]] (translated into Polish [[Agnieszka Sylwanowicz]])
* [[2009]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement'', May 6, 2009
**"[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6232731.ece Tolkien out-Wagners Wagner]" - review of ''[[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún]]''
* [[2010]]: [[Mallorn 49|''Mallorn'' 49]]
** "A question of source" (review of ''[[The Epic Realm of Tolkien]]'')
* [[2013]]: ''The Times Literary Supplement''
** "[http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1278838.ece Tolkien's King Arthur]" - review of ''[[The Fall of Arthur]]''

===Documentaries===
* [[1992]]: ''[[Tolkien Remembered]]'' - Himself
* [[1996]]: ''[[J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' - Himself
* [[1998]]: ''[[An Awfully Big Adventure: J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' - Himself
* [[2001]]: ''[[Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Himself
* [[2002]]: ''[[Page to Screen: The Lord of the Rings]]'' - Himself
* [[2003]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth]]'' - Himself

==Awards==
* [[1984]] - '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]]''', Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]''
* [[2001]] - '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]]''', Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies, ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]''
* [[2001]] - '''[http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2001.html World Fantasy Award]''', Special Award Professional, ''J.R.R. Tolkien:Author of the Century''
* [[2004]] - '''[[The One Ring Celebration|TORn Award]]''', Best Tolkien based Lecture presented at an Academic Function, ''History in Words, Tolkien's Ruling Passion''
* [[2006]] - '''[[The One Ring Celebration|TORn Award]]''', Best Lecture/Paper
* [[2008]] - '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]]''', Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for General Myth and Fantasy Studies, ''The Shadow-Walkers: Jacob Grimm’s Mythology of the Monstrous'' (editor)
* [[2015]] - '''[[Tolkien Society Awards|Tolkien Society Award]]: Outstanding Contribution'''

==External links==
* '''[https://tomshippey.com/ Official website]'''
* {{WP|Tom Shippey}}
* [https://www.academia.edu/7882540/Tom_Shippey_on_J.R.R._Tolkien_A_Checklist_through_mid-2014 Tom Shippey on J.R.R. Tolkien: A Checklist through mid-2014] by [[Douglas A. Anderson]]

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Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works

2024-08-11T09:45:59Z

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|author=[[José María Miranda Boto]]
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|series=[[Cormarë Series]]
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'''''Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works''''' is a book by [[José María Miranda Boto]] on the role of law and government in the [[legendarium]] of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. It was published as No. 43 in the ''[[Cormarë Series]]''. It was distinguished with the [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[2024]]. It has been reviewed several times.

==Contents==

* Introduction
* '''Part One: Law and Tolkien'''
**Is there a place for Law in Tolkien's works?
**Moral Law, Natural Law, and Positive Law
**Common Law vs. Civil Law
**Law vs. Justice
**Between Law and Sin: The Doom of the Noldor and the Ban of Men to Set Foot in Valinor
** Modern Law: 'Leaf by Niggle'
* '''Part Two: Law and Government in Arda'''
**We, the Kings
**The Powers of Kings: Legislators, Administrators, Judges
**'Thou shalt be King hereafter!': On the Rules of Succession to the Throne
**'Shalt thou be Queen hereafter?': Women and the Throne
**Legal Remarks on the Stewards of Gondor
**All the King's Men (and One Woman)
**Assemblies, Meetings and Moots
**Informal Judgements and the Absence of Lawyers
**Crime and Punishment
* '''Part Three: Law and Society'''
**Feudalism and Gondor's Nobility
**Nulli secundus: About the Princes of Dol Amroth
**Marriage as Key Element of Society
**The Laws of Marriage
**Family Matters
**The Passing of Time
**Economy, Trade and Money
**On Property
**Rank and File
* '''Part Four: Law as a Joke in Tolkien's Works'''
**Tolkien's Anachronistic Use of Law
**Challenging Arcadia: The Enigma of the Government of the Shire
**Max Weber in the Shire: On the Use of Physical Coercion by Hobbits
**Farmer Giles of Ham and the Mocking Use of Law
*Epilogue: The Lord of the Rings as a Tool to Teach Labour Law
* '''Appendix: Law in Tolkien's Personal Life'''
**"A Hobbit in all but size": His Personal Life from a Legal Perspective
**"He had many other things to do": University and its Surroundings
**"Memorable events occurred very frequently": Contractual and Financial Issues

==From the publisher==

{{blockquote|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.}}

==External Links==

'''Reviews:''' http://review.walking-tree.org/?book=cormare43

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'''José María Miranda Boto''' is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is the author of "El Derecho en Tolkien" (Cinca, [[2017]]) and "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]]), for which he received the [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[2024]]. He has edited "Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días" (Legendaria, [[2024]]).

Since [[2023]], he has taught at the University of Vienna the course "Law and Literature: Law, Government, and Society in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s Works". He has given lectures on Tolkien at universities in [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[France]] and [[Italy]], as well as at fan associations in Colombia and the [[United Kingdom | UK]]. He was a speaker at the Celsius 232 festival in Avilés. In [[2023]] he directed the summer course of the University of Santiago de Compostela "Tolkien. Un clásico dos nosos días".

==Publications, selected==

===Books===

*[[2017]]: ''El Derecho en Tolkien'' (Cinca)
*[[2022]]: ''[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]'' ([[Walking Tree]])
*[[2024]]: (editor) ''Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días'' (Legendaria)

===Articles===
*[[2022]]: [[Lembas Extra 2022|''Lembas Extra'' 2022]]
**"Law in [[Númenor]]"
===Awards===
*[[2024]]: [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]], "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]])
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| location=[[Spain]]
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'''José María Miranda Boto''' is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is the author of "El Derecho en Tolkien" (Cinca, [[2017]]) and "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]]), for which he received the [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[2024]]. He has edited "Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días" (Legendaria, [[2024]]).

Since [[2023]], he has taught at the University of Vienna the course "Law and Literature: Law, Government, and Society in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s Works". He has given lectures on Tolkien at universities in [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[France]] and [[Italy]], as well as at fan associations in Colombia and the [[United Kingdom | UK]]. He was a speaker at the Celsius 232 festival in Avilés. In [[2023]] he directed the summer course of the University of Santiago de Compostela "Tolkien. Un clásico dos nosos días".

==Publications, selected==

===Books===

*[[2017]]: ''El Derecho en Tolkien'' (Cinca)
*[[2022]]: ''[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]'' ([[Walking Tree]])
*[[2024]]: (editor) ''Tolkien. Un clásico de nuestros días'' (Legendaria)

===Articles===
*[[2022]]: [[Lembas Extra 2022|''Lembas Extra'' 2022]]
**"Law in [[Númenor]]"
===Awards===
* [[2024]]: [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]], "[[Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works]]" ([[Walking Tree]], [[2022]])

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Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works

2024-08-11T09:01:54Z

Erundil:

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| image = Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works.jpg
|foreword=Tom Shippey
|author=José María Miranda Boto
|publisher=[[Walking Tree Publishers]]
|date=[[23 May]] [[2022]]
|format=paperback
|pages=264
|isbn=9783905703436
|series=[[Cormarë Series]]
|precededby=[[Tolkien and the Classics]]
|followedby=[[Middle-earth, or There and Back Again]]
}}

'''''Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works''''' is a book by José María Miranda Boto on the role of law and government in the [[legendarium]] of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. It was published as No. 43 in the ''[[Cormarë Series]]''. It was distinguished with the [[Mythopoeic Society | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[2024]]. It has been reviewed several times.

==Contents==

* Introduction
* '''Part One: Law and Tolkien'''
**Is there a place for Law in Tolkien's works?
**Moral Law, Natural Law, and Positive Law
**Common Law vs. Civil Law
**Law vs. Justice
**Between Law and Sin: The Doom of the Noldor and the Ban of Men to Set Foot in Valinor
** Modern Law: 'Leaf by Niggle'
* '''Part Two: Law and Government in Arda'''
**We, the Kings
**The Powers of Kings: Legislators, Administrators, Judges
**'Thou shalt be King hereafter!': On the Rules of Succession to the Throne
**'Shalt thou be Queen hereafter?': Women and the Throne
**Legal Remarks on the Stewards of Gondor
**All the King's Men (and One Woman)
**Assemblies, Meetings and Moots
**Informal Judgements and the Absence of Lawyers
**Crime and Punishment
* '''Part Three: Law and Society'''
**Feudalism and Gondor's Nobility
**Nulli secundus: About the Princes of Dol Amroth
**Marriage as Key Element of Society
**The Laws of Marriage
**Family Matters
**The Passing of Time
**Economy, Trade and Money
**On Property
**Rank and File
* '''Part Four: Law as a Joke in Tolkien's Works'''
**Tolkien's Anachronistic Use of Law
**Challenging Arcadia: The Enigma of the Government of the Shire
**Max Weber in the Shire: On the Use of Physical Coercion by Hobbits
**Farmer Giles of Ham and the Mocking Use of Law
*Epilogue: The Lord of the Rings as a Tool to Teach Labour Law
* '''Appendix: Law in Tolkien's Personal Life'''
**"A Hobbit in all but size": His Personal Life from a Legal Perspective
**"He had many other things to do": University and its Surroundings
**"Memorable events occurred very frequently": Contractual and Financial Issues

==From the publisher==

{{blockquote|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.}}

==External Links==

'''Reviews:''' http://review.walking-tree.org/?book=cormare43

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[[Category:Publications by title]]
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Erundil: Dr. Miranda Boto sitting in front of Merton College, Oxford.

== Summary ==
Dr. Miranda Boto sitting in front of Merton College, Oxford.
== Licensing ==
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Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works

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'''''Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works''''' is a book by José María Miranda Boto on the role of law and government in the [[legendarium]] of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. It was published as No. 43 in the ''[[Cormarë Series]]''. It was distinguished with the [http://Mythopoeic%20Society Mythopoeic Scholarship Award] in Inklings Studies in 2024. It has been reviewed several times.

==Contents==

* Introduction
* '''Part One: Law and Tolkien'''
**Is there a place for Law in Tolkien's works?
**Moral Law, Natural Law, and Positive Law
**Common Law vs. Civil Law
**Law vs. Justice
**Between Law and Sin: The Doom of the Noldor and the Ban of Men to Set Foot in Valinor
** Modern Law: 'Leaf by Niggle'
* '''Part Two: Law and Government in Arda'''
**We, the Kings
**The Powers of Kings: Legislators, Administrators, Judges
**'Thou shalt be King hereafter!': On the Rules of Succession to the Throne
**'Shalt thou be Queen hereafter?': Women and the Throne
**Legal Remarks on the Stewards of Gondor
**All the King's Men (and One Woman)
**Assemblies, Meetings and Moots
**Informal Judgements and the Absence of Lawyers
**Crime and Punishment
* '''Part Three: Law and Society'''
**Feudalism and Gondor's Nobility
**Nulli secundus: About the Princes of Dol Amroth
**Marriage as Key Element of Society
**The Laws of Marriage
**Family Matters
**The Passing of Time
**Economy, Trade and Money
**On Property
**Rank and File
* '''Part Four: Law as a Joke in Tolkien's Works'''
**Tolkien's Anachronistic Use of Law
**Challenging Arcadia: The Enigma of the Government of the Shire
**Max Weber in the Shire: On the Use of Physical Coercion by Hobbits
**Farmer Giles of Ham and the Mocking Use of Law
*Epilogue: The Lord of the Rings as a Tool to Teach Labour Law
* '''Appendix: Law in Tolkien's Personal Life'''
**"A Hobbit in all but size": His Personal Life from a Legal Perspective
**"He had many other things to do": University and its Surroundings
**"Memorable events occurred very frequently": Contractual and Financial Issues

==From the publisher==

{{blockquote|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.}}

==External Links==

'''Reviews:''' http://review.walking-tree.org/?book=cormare43

{{Cormarë}}
{{title|italics}}
[[Category:Publications by title]]
[[Category:Scholarly books]]
[[fi:Law, Government, and Society in J. R. R. Tolkien's Works]]