J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment

J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, by Michael D. C. Drout, is a comprehensive guide to scholarship and criticism surrounding matters of J.R.R. Tolkien and the formation of Middle-earth. At 808 pages, it is the largest one-volume work of Tolkienian secondary literature. It was published by Routledge in October 2006 in hardcover, and in December 2013 to paperback.
It was compiled with the help of Verlyn Flieger, Marjorie Burns, Tom Shippey, and Douglas Anderson, and features 550 entries by them and 123 other Tolkien experts, including Jared Lobdell, Colin Duriez, Thomas Honegger, Janet Brennan Croft, John Garth, Brian Rosebury, and David Bratman.
== Categories of topics ==
* Adaptations
* Art and illustrations
* Characters in Tolkien's work
* Critical history and scholarship
* Influence of Tolkien
* Languages
* Biography
* Literary sources
* Literature
* Creatures and peoples of Middle-earth
* Objects in Tolkien's work
* Places in Tolkien's work
* Reception of Tolkien
* Medieval scholars
* Scholarship by Tolkien
* Medieval literature
* Stylistic elements
* Themes in Tolkien's works
* Theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers
* Tolkien's contemporary history and culture
* Works of literature
== External links ==
* Michael D. C. Drout's release announcement
* Official list of corrections
* J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia at Google Books
* J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia at Amazon.com
== See also ==
* The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
* Tolkien: A Critical Assessment
* Tolkien and the Study of His Sources
* The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
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