- Verlyn Flieger
Verlyn Flieger (born 1933) is an
author , editor, and professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland atCollege Park . She specializes in comparativemythology and modernfantasy , especially the works ofJ. R. R. Tolkien .Flieger holds an M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1977) from
The Catholic University of America , and has been associated with the University of Maryland since 1976.Her best-known books are "Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World" (1983; revised edition, 2002); "A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie", which won the 1998
Mythopoeic Award forInklings studies; and "Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology" (2005).She won the Mythopoeic Award for Inklings Studies a second time in 2002for "Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth", which she co-edited with
Carl Hostetter .Flieger has also written a
young adult fantasy, "Pig Tale", and short stories.With
Douglas A. Anderson andMichael D. C. Drout , she is co-editor of "Tolkien Studies : An Annual Scholarly Review", (Volume 1, 2004; Volume 2, 2005; and Volume 3, 2006).Books
Books written or edited by Verlyn Fleger include:
*"Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review", Volume 4, 2007 (co-editor), West Virginia University Press, ISBN 1933202262
*"Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review", Volume 3, 2006 (co-editor), West Virginia University Press, ISBN 1-9332-0210-6
*"Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review", Volume 2, 2005 (co-editor), West Virginia University Press, ISBN 1-9332-0203-3
*"Interrupted Music: The Making Of Tolkien's Mythology", 2005, ISBN 0-8733-8824-0
*"
Smith of Wootton Major " by J.R.R. Tolkien, extended critical edition (editor), 2005, ISBN 0-0072-0247-4
*"Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review", Volume 1, 2004 (co-editor), West Virginia University Press, ISBN 0-9370-5887-4*"Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World" (revised edition), 2002, ISBN 0-8733-8744-9
*"Pig Tale", 2002 (fiction)
*"Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth" (co-editor with Carl Hostetter), 2000, ISBN 0-3133-0530-7
*"A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie", 1988 (reprinted 2001, ISBN 0-8733-8699-X)
*"Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World", 1983
References
*"Vita" at [http://www.mythus.com/ Mythus]
*"Flieger, Verlyn, and Car Hostetter (eds.), "Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth", 2000, ISBN 0-3133-0530-7 (About the Contributors)
* [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tolkien_studies/toc/tks1.1.html Tolkien Studies bibilographic information at Muse]
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