{"id":47681,"date":"2011-08-27T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=47681"},"modified":"2011-08-27T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T16:01:43","slug":"new-release-%e2%80%9ctolkien-and-the-study-of-his-sources%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/08\/27\/47681-new-release-%e2%80%9ctolkien-and-the-study-of-his-sources%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release: \u201cTolkien and the Study of His Sources\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/08\/27\/47681-new-release-%e2%80%9ctolkien-and-the-study-of-his-sources%e2%80%9d\/vws-book\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47682\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47682 no-lazyload\" title=\"VWs book\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/VWs-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Our friend Jason Fisher (better known here at\u00a0 TORN as message board member Visualweasel) has published his first book, <em>Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays<\/em>. Source criticism \u2014 the analysis of a writer\u2019s source material \u2014 has long been one of the most popular approaches in exploring the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, but there has never been a comprehensive book on the subject until now. Since Tolkien drew from many disparate sources, an understanding of these sources, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers\u2019 appreciation of his work. This collection of new essays by leading Tolkien scholars \u2014 including Tom Shippey, John Rateliff, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Jason Fisher, and others \u2014 describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism and provides practical demonstrations of the approach. A must have for serious fans! Here\u2019s what the Tolkien community is saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most exhaustive examination yet published of demonstrable, probable, and conjectural sources for Tolkien\u2019s legendarium ransacks myth, history, astronomy, literature and popular culture for clues to Tolkien\u2019s raw material. This collection will stimulate readers and scholars alike.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Verlyn Flieger, author of <em>Splintered Light<\/em>: <em>Logos and Language in Tolkien\u2019s World<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis critical collection provides a solid defense of the sometimes-maligned literary discipline of \u2018source-hunting\u2019 along with outstanding examples of the value of this approach in understanding the depths of Tolkien\u2019s literary creation.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Douglas A. Anderson, author of <em>The Annotated Hobbit<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA valuable book for anyone serious about Tolkien. It not only adds new, confirming material to what is known about Tolkien\u2019s sources but covers areas of influence previously denied or underplayed.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Marjorie J. Burns, author of<em> Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0786464828\/?tag=linmusofafis-20\">this link<\/a> to learn more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0786464828\/?tag=linmusofafis-20\">Amazon<\/a>, and good luck with the book, Jason!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Jason Fisher (better known here at\u00a0 TORN as message board member Visualweasel) has published his first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[163,198,197,153,18,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise-books","category-fans-creations","category-fans","category-tolkien-life","category-merchandise","category-tolkien"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-cp3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}