Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review presents the growing body of critical commentary and scholarship on both J. R. R. Tolkien’s voluminous fiction and his academic work in literary and linguistic fields.
Editors Emeriti: Douglas A. Anderson (co-founder), Verlyn Flieger (co-founder), and
David Bratman
Current Editors: Michael D. C. Drout, Yvette Kisor, and Kristine Larson
Reviews Editor: Andrew Higgins
E-ISSN:1547-3155
Frequency: Annual
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Tolkien Studies seeks works of scholarly quality and depth. Substantial essays and shorter, “Notes and Documents” pieces are both welcome.
Submissions should be double-spaced throughout and use parenthetical citations in the Author-page or Author-keyword-page form. A Works Cited page and other formatting issues should conform to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd ed., as modified by the Tolkien Studies style sheet. All citations to Tolkien’s works should follow the “Conventions and Abbreviations” of Tolkien Studies.
Authors are responsible for the academic honesty, originality, and accuracy of the content of their papers, including attribution and citations. Failure in this regard, including evidence of AI “hallucinations” or other “AI slop,” will result in the immediate and irrevocable rejection of the paper. More information can be found in the Tolkien Studies style sheet.
Electronic submissions should be sent to Yvette Kisor (ykisor@ramapo.edu) as attachments. Microsoft Word is the preferred word-processing program.
Books for review should be sent to:
Andrew Higgins
34 Old Devonshire Road
Balham London
SW12 9RB
United Kingdom
Tolkien Studies encourages researchers to send us electronic offprints of articles for inclusion in the yearly bibliography and the Year’s Work. These should be sent to larsen@ccsu.edu.
What else can one say? The reviews are full, numerous, by respected hands, and informative. . . .another magisterial addition to the growing corpus of Tolkienian scholarship.
A welcome addition to the growing library of Tolkien criticism.
A very important and highly readable addition to Tolkien scholarship.
The best anthology of Tolkien criticism and commentary.
