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Verlyn Flieger is a specialist in comparative mythology with a concentration in J.R.R. Tolkien. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Tolkien, Celtic, Arthurian, Hindu, Native American, and Norse myth.

Tolkien On Fairy-stories is a new expanded edition of Tolkien’s most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings.

The essay is accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. 

 

Tolkien On Fairy-stories
Tolkien On Fairy-stories


Books About Tolkien

Tolkien On Fairy-stories
Verlyn Flieger and Douglas A. Anderson, editors.

Smith of Wootton Major
Verlyn Flieger, editor.

Interrupted Music
Now available.

Splintered Light
Second edition revised and expanded.

A Question of Time
Winner of the 1998 Mythopoeic Award for Inklings Studies.

Tolkien's Legendarium
Winner of the 2002 Mythopoeic Award for Inklings Studies

Tolkien Studies
A yearly journal devoted to scholarly examination of the works of JRR Tolkien

 

 

Smith of Wootton Major



Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World
Splintered Light Revised Edition


Fiction

Pig Tale
A novel of love, sacrifice and redemption with themes from Celtic myth
Pig Tale


"Avilion"
(Arthurian).
A novella in The Doom of Camelot.
Avilion


"Green Hill Country"
A short story in Seeker of Dreams.
Green Hill Country 

 

Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology
Interrupted Music


A Question of Time
A Question of Time - Tolkien.


Tolkien's Legendarium
Legendarium 

 

Verlyn Flieger, Professor
Department of English
University of Maryland
College Park Maryland 20742

301 405-3836
Email: Verlyn Flieger

 

 
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Courses Fall 2008
1. HNRS 208E Tolkien and his Century
2. ENGL 477 Studies in Mythmaking
3. ENGL 479D Tolkien on War 

 
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Prof. Flieger is a recognized public speaker and lecturer, appearing in several films and videos and participating in numerous conferences, more of which are identified in her Vita.

Past Schedule (selected events):

University of Vermont - "Deep Wells of Memory" - Burlington, Vermont, April 7-9, 2006
Kalamazoo Medieval Congress - Reading "Green Hill Country" - Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 5-6, 2006
Toronto Gathering of the Fellowship - "Tolkien and the 20th Century" - Toronto, Canada, June 30-July 5, 2006
Oxford The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration - "Gilson, Smith and Baggins" - Oxford, England, August 21-25 2006

Contact Prof. Flieger to arrange a speaking engagement for your organization. 

 
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Tolkien Studies is available from West Virginia University Press (See Tolkien Studies) 

 

Tolkien Studies
Tolkien Studies 

 
Work is currently being considered for future issues. Send submission to Verlyn Flieger, Submissions Editor. 

 
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