[Child of the 7th Age]

One of the problems that I have in the whole area of Tolkien criticism is that some of these works are very expensive.

I would really appreciate it, for example, if Davem could do a review of JRR Tolkien and His Literary Resonances because none of our libraries here have it, even the academic ones, and the crazy volume costs around $75. At least if Davem reviewed it, I'd know what I was missing!

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Is it alright, Helen, if we draw folk's attention to "forthcoming" books on Tolkien? I'm always fascinated with works that view Tolkien from a fresh angle.

Jane Chance teaches medieval English lit at Rice University, and even does an occasional course on Tolkien. I have two of her works in paperback already: Tolkien's Art, A Mythology for England; and, LotR--The Mythology of Power. Now she is editing something that looks more interesting to me: Tolkien the Medievalist, published by Routledge for $95 (THE PRICE - FAINT!). It will contain fifteen essays by leading medieval scholars assessing JRRT's contributions to the field of medieval studies.

Since Rice is a local school for me, I am hoping and assuming that it will eventually be accessible there, even if I can not cough up that much money.

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