TY - BOOK AU - Eden,Bradford Lee TI - The Hobbit and Tolkien's mythology: essays on revisions and influences SN - 9780786479603 AV - PR6039.E22.H633 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. N1 - 2; PART I. The Evolution of the Dwarven Race --; Anchoring the Myth : The Impact of The Hobbit on Tolkien's Legendarium / John D. Rateliff --; From Nauglath to Durin's Folk : The Hobbit and Tolkien's Dwarves / Gerard Hynes --; PART II. Durin's Day --; "It passes our skill in these days" : Primary World Influences on the Evolution of Durin's Day / Kristine Larsen --; A Scientific Examination of Durin's Day Sumner / Gary Hunnewell --; PART III. Themes --; Tolkien's French Connection / Verlyn Flieger --; Tolkien's Hybrid Mythology : The Hobbit as Old Norse "Fairy-Story" / Jane Chance --; From "The Silmarillion" to The Hobbit and Back Again : An Onomastic Foray / Damien Bador --; Civilized Goblins and Talking Animals : How The Hobbit Created Problems of Sentience for Tolkien / Gregory Hartley --; Seeing in the Dark, Seeing by the Dark : How Bilbo's Invisibility Defined Tolkien's Vision / Michael A. Wodzak --; A Victorian in Valhalla : Bilbo Baggins as the Link Between England and Middle-earth / William Christian Klarner --; Beorn and Bombadil : Mythology, Place and Landscape in Middle-earth / Justin T. Noetzel --; Travel, Redemption and Peacemaking : Hobbits, Dwarves and Elves and the Transformative Power of Pilgrimage / Vickie L. Holtz-Wodzak --; A Baggins Back Yard : Environmentalism, Authorship and the Elves in Tolkien's Legendarium / David Thiessen --; Polytemporality and Epic Characterization in The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey : Reflecting The Lord of the Ring's Modernism and Medievalism / Judy Ann Ford and Robin Anne Reid --; The Wisdom of the Crowd : Internet Memes and The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey / Michelle Markey Butler N2 - "At the 2013 "Celebrating The Hobbit" conference two papers were presented: "Anchoring the Myth: The Impact of The Hobbit on Tolkien's Legendarium" by John D. Rateliff and "Tolkien's French connections" by Verlyn Flieger. In discussions with the speakers, it became apparent that a book focusing on how The Hobbit influenced the subsequent development of Tolkien's legendarium; was needed"-- ER -