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Verlyn Flieger




Verlyn Flieger ( 1933 -) is an Author , Editor , and professor in the Department of English at the University Of Maryland at College Park . She specializes in comparative Mythology and modern Fantasy , especially the works of J. 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 for Inklings studies; and ''Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology'' (2005).

She won the Mythopoeic Award for Inklings Studies a second time in 2002
for ''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 and Michael 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



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