The new Critical Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien provides a reliable, up-to-date, and encyclopedic source of information on this influential writer for high school and college-level students, teachers, and the general public.
Coverage includes:
A concise but thorough biography of Tolkien
Entries on all the novels, stories, and poems Tolkien published in his lifetime; all his published scholarly essays and lectures; and important posthumously published works
Entries on related people, places, and topics, including places and concepts related to Tolkien's fictional world