| These are general works of criticism by one author or editor. This is the only defining standard for this page, which makes it a bit of a catch-all. All take up the subjects of the man himself, what influenced his works, or the literary influences the works have had; the differences are a matter of degree. |
The Tolkien Relation : A Personal Inquiry Henry Regnery Publisher, William Ready 1968 Hardcover ISBN : N/A Warner 1981 Paperback ISBN : 0446301108 Retitled: Understanding Tolkien and Paperback Library 1969 Softcover ISBN: N/A Warner Books 1974 Softcover ISBN : 0446756466 1976 Softcover ISBN : 044686157X 1978 Softcover ISBN : 044688782X |
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Tolkien : A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings Ballantine, Lin Carter 1969 Paperback ISBN : 0345215508 1975 Paperback ISBN : 0345245202 1977 Paperback ISBN : 034527539X St. Martin's Press / Tor Books (revised) 2004 Hardcover ISBN : 0765307200 Wildside Press 2008 Hardcover ISBN : 1434498085 |
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Writers for the 70's : J.R.R. Tolkien Warner Paperback Library, Robley Evans 1972 Softcover ISBN : 0446689882 Crowell 1972 Softcover ISBN : 0690010532 1976 Hardcover ISBN : 0690010524 |
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Master of Middle-earth Houghton Mifflin, Paul H. Kocher 1972 Hardcover ISBN : 0395140978 1972 Softcover ISBN : 0395177014 Ballantine / Del Rey 1977 Paperback ISBN : 0345272420 1981 Paperback ISBN : 0345306368 2003 Paperback ISBN : 0345465601 |
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Tolkien's World Houghton Mifflin, Randel Helms 1974 Softcover ISBN : 0395184908 1975 Hardcover ISBN : 0395207134 |
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Tolkien and the Silmarillion Harold Shaw Publishers, Clyde Kilby 1976 Hardcover ISBN : 0877888167 |
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Tolkien's Art : A Mythology for England Macmillan, Jane Chance Nitzsche 1979 Hardcover ISBN : 0333264649 Kentucky University Press, Revised Edition 2001 Softcover ISBN : 0813190207 |
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J.R.R. Tolkien : A Critical Biography Hippocrene Books, Ivor & Deborah Rogers 1980 Softcover ISBN : 0882547046 Twayne Publications 1980 Hardcover ISBN : 0805767967 |
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Tolkien and the Silmarils Houghton Mifflin, Randel Helms 1981 Hardcover ISBN : 039529469X |
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J.R.R. Tolkien Frederick Ungar Publishing, Katharyn W. Crabbe 1981 Hardcover ISBN : 080442134X 1981 Softcover ISBN : 0804460914 Continuum (Revised & Expanded Edition) 1988 Hardcover ISBN : 0804421064 1988 Softcover ISBN : 0804461066 |
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The Road to Middle-Earth : Houghton Mifflin, Tom A. Shippey 1983 Hardcover ISBN : 0395339731 Revised and Expanded Edition 2003 Softcover ISBN : 0618257608 |
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Tolkien : A Critical Assessment Palgrave Macmillan, Brian Rosebury 1992 Hardcover ISBN : 033353896X 1992 Softcover ISBN : 134922135X Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon (2nd Revised) 2004 Softcover ISBN : 1403912637 2005 Hardcover ISBN : 1403915970 |
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J.R.R. Tolkien : The Art of the Myth-Maker Borgo Press (Starmount Series #54) 1992 Hardcover ISBN : 1557422389 Revised Edition (Milford Series #56) 1992 Softcover ISBN : 1557422370 1993 Hardcover ISBN : 1557422389 |
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The Hobbit : Twayne Publishers, William Green 1994 Softcover ISBN : 0805788077 1994 Board Book ISBN : 0805788069 |
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Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien : Myth and Modernity Palgrave Macmillan, Patrick Curry 1997 Hardcover ISBN : 0312176716 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 1998 Softcover ISBN : 0261103717 Houghton Mifflin; Reprint edition 2004 Softcover ISBN : 061847885X |
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J.R.R. Tolkien : Author of the Century Houghton Mifflin, Tom A. Shippey 2001 Hardcover ISBN : 061812764X 2002 Softcover ISBN : 0618257594 HarperCollins 2002 Softcover ISBN : 0261104012 |
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Tolkien : Man and Myth : A Literary Life Ignatius Press, Joseph Pearce 1999 Hardcover ISBN : 0898707110 2001 Softcover ISBN : 0898708257 |
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War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien Praeger Publishers, Janet Brennan Croft 2004 Hardcover ISBN : 0313325928 |
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J.R.R. Tolkien (Great Writers Series) Chelsea House Publications, Neil Heims 2004 Library Bound ISBN : 0791078477 |
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Interrupted Music : Kent State University Press, Verlyn Flieger 2005 Softcover ISBN : 0873388240 |
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Tolkien's Heroic Quest Crescent Moon Publishing, Robert Rorabeck 2008 Softcover ISBN : 1861712391 | ISBN-13 : 978-1861712394 |
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