Scholarly Works Written by John

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Books

The History of The Hobbit
The History of The Hobbit, Second Edition
2007
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The History of The Hobbit, Part 1: Mr. Baggins
The History of The Hobbit, Part 1: Mr. Baggins
2007
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The History of The Hobbit, Part 2: Return to Bag-End
The History of The Hobbit, Part 2: Return to Bag-End
2007
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Eager Spring
"Introduction"
Eager Spring
By Owen Barfield
2008
Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth
"The Lost Road, The Dark Tower, and The Notion Club Papers: Tolkien and Lewis's Time Travel Triad."
Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth
Edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter
2000
The Rhetoric of Vision: Essays on Charles Williams
"Rhetorical Strategies in Charles William's Prose Play."
The Rhetoric of Vision: Essays on Charles Williams
Edited by Charles A. Huttar and Peter J. Schakel
1996
Leaves from the Tree
"Early Versions of Farmer Giles of Ham"
Leaves from the Tree: J. R. R. Tolkien's Shorter Fiction
By The Tolkien Society
1991

Articles

"Classics of Fantasy Series"
Wizards of the Coast
August 2002 to January 2004
"Owen Barfield: A Short Reading List"
Mythcon 29 Souvenir Book
1998
"Gríma the Wormtongue: Tolkien and His Sources."
Mallorn 25
September 1988
"‘Fastiticalon' and ‘Cat': A Problem in Sequencing."
Beyond Bree
Co-written w. Wayne G. Hammond. August 1987
"‘And Something Yet Remains to Be Said': Tolkien and Williams."
Mythlore 45
Originally appeared in 1985 Mythcon Proceedings
Spring 1986
"J. R. R. Tolkien: ‘Sir Topas' Revisited"
Notes and Queries, n.s. vol. 29 no. 4
August 1982
"She and Tolkien"
Mythlore 28
Summer 1981

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Reviews

"Review of Tolkien's Oxford By Robert S. Blackham"
Mythprint #319/320
Oct/Nov 2008
"Review of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood by Kristin Thompson"
VII vol. 25
2008
"Review of Owen Barfield: Romanticism Comes of Age: A Biography by Simon Blaxland-de Lange"
Mythlore 103/104
Fall/Winter 2008
"Review of Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C. S. Lewis editied Amy H. Sturgis"
Mythlore 101/102
Spring/Summer 2008
"The Return of the King: a film by Peter Jackson"
Wizards of The Coast Lord of the Rings Reviews
Part 1 | Part 2
January 2002
"The Two Towers: a film by Peter Jackson "
Wizards of The Coast Lord of the Rings Reviews
Part 1 | Part 2
January 2003
"The Fellowship of the Rings: a film by Peter Jackson"
Wizards of The Coast Lord of the Rings Reviews
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
2004
"Review of 'The Kathryn Lindskoog Hoax': The C.S. Lewis Hoax by Kathryn Lindskoog"
Mythlore 58
Summer 1989
“Tolkien for the Masses”: review of Bill Green, Tolkien: Master of Fantasy
Mythlore 51
Autumn 1987
"Review of And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman; Her Life and Marriage to C. S. Lewis by Lyle W. Dorsett"
Christianity & Literature, Vol. XXXIII No. 3
Spring 1984

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Unpublished

Ph.D. Dissertation "Beyond the Fields We Know: The Short Stories of Lord Dunsany"
Marquette University
December 1990

Forthcoming

“ ‘A Kind of Elvish Craft': Tolkien as Literary Craftsman”
Delivered as the Blackwelder Lecture at Marquette University
October 2007
"Book Review of The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth By Elizabeth A. Whittingham"
2008
"Book Review: Tolkien's Shorter Works Book Review: Tolkien's Shorter Works ed. Margaret Hiley and Frank Weinreich"
2008

Lost Works

"Tolkien and Ossian"
The Westmarch Chronicle
"The Hobbit" (my first book review)
The Campus Cub (Magnolia Junior High School newspaper)
September 1973