Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader

Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader is a collection by Jane Chance of essays concerning J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, and historical influences. It was published in 2004.
== Essays ==
*Michaela Baltasar, "Tolkien and the rediscovery of myth"
*Catherine Madsen, "Light from an invisible lamp: natural religion in The Lord of the Rings"
*Mary E. Zimmer, "Creating and re-creating worlds with words: the religion and the magic of language in The Lord of the Rings"
*David Lyle Jeffrey, "Tolkien as philologist"
*Gergely Nagy, "Saving the myths: the re-creation of mythology in Plato and Tolkien"
*Sandra Ballif Straubhaar, "Myth, late Roman history, and multiculturalism in Tolkien's Middle-earth"
*Jen Stevens, "From catastrophe to eucatastrophe: J.R.R. Tolkien's transformation of Ovid's Mythic Pyramus and Thisbe into Beren and Lúthien"
*Kathleen E. Dubs, "Providence, fate, and chance: Boethian philosophy in The Lord of the Rings"
*Tom Shippey, "Tolkien and the appeal of the pagan: Edda and Kalevala"
*Marjorie Burns, "Norse and Christian gods: the integrative theology of J.R.R. Tolkien"
*Andy Dimond, "The twilight of the elves: Ragnarök and the end of the Third Age"
*Andrew Lazo, "Gathered round northern fires: the imaginative impact of the Kolbítar"
*Michael D. C. Drout, "A mythology for Anglo-Saxon England"
*John R. Holmes, "Oaths and oathbreaking: analogues of Old English Comitatus in Tolkien's myth"
*Alexandra Bolintineanu, "On the borders of old stories: enacting the past in Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings"
*Verlyn Flieger, "A mythology for Finland: Elias Lönrott and J.R.R. Tolkien as mythmakers"
*Richard C. West, "Setting the rocket off in story: the Kalevala as the germ of Tolkien's legendarium"
*David Elton Gay, "J.R.R. Tolkien and the Kalevala: some thoughts on the Finnish origins of Tom Bombadil and Treebeard"
== See also ==
* Tolkien and the Study of His Sources
* Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration
==External links==
*Goodreads page
*Amazon.com
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