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This is a list of all published works of the English writer and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien's works were published before and after his death.


Fiction


Middle-earth

#1937 '' The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'', ( HM) #1954–1955 '' The Lord of the Rings'' :#1954 '' The Fellowship of the Ring'': being the first volume of ''The Lord of the Rings'', (HM) :#1954 '' The Two Towers'': being the second volume of ''The Lord of the Rings'', (HM) :#1955 '' The Return of the King'': being the third volume of ''The Lord of the Rings'', (HM)


Poetry books

#1962 '' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book'' #1967 ''
The Road Goes Ever On ''The Road Goes Ever On'' is a 1967 song cycle that has been published as a book of sheet music and as an audio recording. The music was written by Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, e ...
'', with Donald Swann, a song-cycle


Posthumous

*1974 '' Bilbo's Last Song'' *1975 '' Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings'' (edited version) published in ''A Tolkien Compass'' by Jared Lobdell. Written by Tolkien for use by translators of ''The Lord of the Rings'', a full version, re-titled "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings," was published in 2005 in '' The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion'' by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, *1977 '' The Silmarillion'' edited by
Christopher Tolkien Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English academic editor, becoming a French citizen in later life. The son of author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien edited much of his father' ...
with the assistance of Guy Gavriel Kay. (HM) *1980 '' Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth'' edited by Christopher Tolkien, (HM) *1983–1996 '' The History of Middle-earth'' compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien (a combined index of the series was published in 2002): :#''
The Book of Lost Tales 1 ''The Book of Lost Tales'' is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series ''The History of Middle-earth'', in which he presents and analyses ...
'' (1983) :#'' The Book of Lost Tales 2'' (1984) :#'' The Lays of Beleriand'' (1985) :#'' The Shaping of Middle-earth'' (1986) :#'' The Lost Road and Other Writings'' (1987) :#'' The Return of the Shadow'' (The History of ''The Lord of the Rings'' vol. 1) (1988) :#'' The Treason of Isengard'' (The History of ''The Lord of the Rings'' vol. 2) (1989) :#'' The War of the Ring'' (The History of ''The Lord of the Rings'' vol. 3) (1990) :#'' Sauron Defeated'' (The History of ''The Lord of the Rings'' vol. 4, including '' The Notion Club Papers'') (1992) :#'' Morgoth's Ring'' (The Later Silmarillion vol. 1) (1993) :#'' The War of the Jewels'' (The Later Silmarillion vol. 2) (1994) :#'' The Peoples of Middle-earth'' (1996) *2005 '' Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings'' (full version) published in '' The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion '' by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull . Re-titled to "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in this book. Written by Tolkien for use by translators of ''The Lord of the Rings''; an edited version was Lobdell 1975 (above). *2007 '' The Children of Húrin'' edited by Christopher Tolkien *2007 '' The History of The Hobbit'' by
John D. Rateliff John D. Rateliff is an author of roleplaying games and an independent scholar. He specializes in the study of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, particularly his Middle-earth fantasy writings. Early life and education John D. Rateliff was raised in Ma ...
- contains substantial text fragments *2017 '' Beren and Lúthien'' edited by Christopher Tolkien *2018 '' The Fall of Gondolin'' edited by Christopher Tolkien *2021 ''
The Nature of Middle-earth ''The Nature of Middle-earth '' is a 2021 book of previously unpublished materials on Tolkien's legendarium, compiled and edited by the scholar Carl F. Hostetter. Some essays were previously published in the Elvish linguistics journal ''Vinyar ...
'' edited by
Carl F. Hostetter Carl Franklin Hostetter is a Tolkien scholar and NASA computer scientist. He has edited and annotated many of J. R. R. Tolkien's linguistic writings, publishing them in ''Vinyar Tengwar'' and ''Parma Eldalamberon''. Career NASA Carl Hostette ...
*2022 '' The Fall of Númenor'' edited by
Brian Sibley Brian David Sibley (born 14 July 1949) is an English writer. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes. He is widely known as the author of many fi ...


Short works

*1945 " Leaf by Niggle" (short story), published in ''
The Dublin Review ''The Dublin Review'' is a quarterly magazine that publishes essays, reportage, autobiography, travel writing, criticism and fiction. It was launched in December 2000 by Brendan Barrington, who remains the editor and publisher, assisted by Nora M ...
'' *1945 '' The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun'' (poem), published in ''The Welsh Review'' *1949 '' Farmer Giles of Ham'' (medieval fable) *1953 ''
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son'' is a work by J. R. R. Tolkien originally published in 1953 in volume 6 of the scholarly journal ''Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association'', and later republished in 1966 in '' ...
'' (a play written in alliterative verse), published with the accompanying essays ''Beorhtnoth's Death'' and ''Ofermod'', in ''Essays and Studies by members of the English Association'', volume 6. *1964 '' Tree and Leaf'' ('' On Fairy-Stories'' and '' Leaf by Niggle'' in book form) *1966 '' The Tolkien Reader'' (''
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son'' is a work by J. R. R. Tolkien originally published in 1953 in volume 6 of the scholarly journal ''Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association'', and later republished in 1966 in '' ...
'', '' On Fairy-Stories'', '' Leaf by Niggle'', '' Farmer Giles of Ham'', and '' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'') *1967 '' Smith of Wootton Major'' (short story), published as an illustrated
chapbook A chapbook is a small publication of up to about 40 pages, sometimes bound with a saddle stitch. In early modern Europe a chapbook was a type of printed street literature. Produced cheaply, chapbooks were commonly small, paper-covered bookle ...


Poetry

Unless stated otherwise, the years indicate the date of composition. *''The Battle of the Eastern Field'' 1911 *''From the many-willow'd margin of the immemorial Thames'' 1913 *''The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star'' ('' The Book of Lost Tales 2'' 267-269) 1914 *''The Bidding of the Minstrel'' 1914 ('' The Book of Lost Tales 2'' 261f., 269f.) *''Tinfang Warble'' 1914 (''
The Book of Lost Tales 1 ''The Book of Lost Tales'' is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series ''The History of Middle-earth'', in which he presents and analyses ...
'' 107f.) *''
Goblin Feet "Goblin Feet" is a poem written in 1915 by J. R. R. Tolkien for Edith Mary Bratt, his wife-to-be. It celebrates the diminutive type of elf that Tolkien soon came to dislike, and he regretted having published the poem. Poem "Goblin Feet" wa ...
'' 1915 *''You and Me / and the Cottage of Lost Play'' 1915 (''
The Book of Lost Tales 1 ''The Book of Lost Tales'' is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series ''The History of Middle-earth'', in which he presents and analyses ...
'' 27f.) *''Kôr'' 1915, published as ''The City of the Gods'' in 1923 (''
The Book of Lost Tales 1 ''The Book of Lost Tales'' is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series ''The History of Middle-earth'', in which he presents and analyses ...
'' 136) *''Kortirion among the Trees'' 1915 (revised in 1937 and the 1960s, ''The Trees of Kortirion'') *''Over Old Hills and Far Away'' 1915 *''A Song of Aryador'' 1915 *''The Shores of Elfland'' 1915 *''Habbanan beneath the Stars'' 1916 *''The Sorrowful City'' 1916 *''The Song of Eriol'' 1917 ('' The Book of Lost Tales 2'' 298ff.) *''The Horns of Ulmo'' 1917 *''The Happy Mariners'', published in 1920, composed in 1915 *''The Children of Húrin'' (begun in 1920 or earlier, continued to 1925) ('' The Lays of Beleriand'') *''The Clerke's Compleinte'' 1922 *''Iúmonna Gold Galdre Bewunden'' 1923 *''The Eadigan Saelidan'' 1923 *''Why the Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon'' 1923 *''Enigmata Saxonic - a Nuper Inventa Duo'' 1923 *''The Cat and the Fiddle: A Nursery-Rhyme Undone and its Scandalous Secret Unlocked'' 1923 *''An Evening in Tavrobel'' 1924 *''The Lonely Isle'' 1924 *''The Princess Ni'' 1924 *''Light as Leaf on Lindentree'' 1925 *''The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor'' 1925 ('' The Lays of Beleriand'') *''The Lay of Leithian'' 1925-1931 ('' The Lays of Beleriand'') *''The Lay of Eärendel'' 1920s ('' The Lays of Beleriand'') *''The Nameless Land'' 1926 *''Adventures in Unnatural History and Mediaeval Metres, being the Freaks of Fisiologus'' 1927: **'' Fastitocalon'' **''Iumbo'' *''Tinfang Warble'', published in 1927, composed in 1914 *'' Mythopoeia'', circa 1931 (published in '' Tree and Leaf'') *''Progress in Bimble Town'' 1931 *''
Errantry "Errantry" is a three-page poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in ''The Oxford Magazine'' in 1933. It was included in revised and extended form in Tolkien's 1962 collection of short poems, ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil''. Donald Swann set ...
'' 1933 *''Firiel'' 1934 *''Looney'' 1934 *''
Songs for the Philologists ''Songs for the Philologists'' is a collection of poems by E. V. Gordon and J. R. R. Tolkien as well as traditional songs. It is the rarest and most difficult to find Tolkien-related book. Originally a collection of typescripts compiled by Gor ...
'', with
E.V. Gordon Eric Valentine Gordon (14 February 1896 – 29 July 1938) was a Canadian philologist, known as an editor of medieval Germanic texts and a teacher of medieval Germanic languages at the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester. Early ...
''et al.'', published 1936: **'' Bagme Bloma'' **''Éadig Béo þu!'' **''Frenchmen Froth'' **''From One to Five'' **''I Sat upon a Bench'' **''Ides Ælfscýne'' **''La Húru'' **''Lit and Lang'' **''Natura Apis: Morali Ricardi Eremite'' **''Ofer Wídne Gársecg'' **''The Root of the Boot'' **''Ruddoc Hana'' **''Syx Mynet'' *''
The Road Goes Ever On ''The Road Goes Ever On'' is a 1967 song cycle that has been published as a book of sheet music and as an audio recording. The music was written by Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, e ...
'' in '' The Hobbit'', 1937, and three more versions in '' The Lord of the Rings'', 1954-1955 *''The Dragon's Visit'' 1937 *''Knocking at the Door: Lines induced by sensations when waiting for an answer at the door of an Exalted Academic Person'' 1937 *'' The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun'', published in Welsh Review, December 1945 *''Imram'' (''The Death of
St. Brendan Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 - c.577), is one of the early Celtic Christianity, Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, Br ...
'') 1946 (published in ''Time and Tide'', December 1955, '' Sauron Defeated'' 261ff, 296ff) *Elvish translations of Catholic prayers (ed. Wynne, Smith, Hostetter in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 43, 44, 2002), composed in the 1950s: **''Ataremma versions'' (Quenya '' Pater Noster'') versions I-VI **''Aia María'' (Quenya '' Ave Maria'') versions I-IV **'' Litany of Loreto'' in Quenya **''Ortírielyanna'' (Quenya '' Sub tuum praesidium'') **''Alcar i Ataren'' (Quenya '' Gloria Patri'') **''Alcar mi tarmenel na Erun'' (Quenya '' Gloria in Excelsis Deo'') **''Ae Adar Nín'' (Sindarin ''Pater Noster'') *''
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son'' is a work by J. R. R. Tolkien originally published in 1953 in volume 6 of the scholarly journal ''Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association'', and later republished in 1966 in '' ...
'' 1953 *'' A Walking Song'' two versions in '' The Lord of the Rings'', 1954-1955 *'' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' published in 1962: **''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' **''Bombadil Goes Boating'' **''
Errantry "Errantry" is a three-page poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published in ''The Oxford Magazine'' in 1933. It was included in revised and extended form in Tolkien's 1962 collection of short poems, ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil''. Donald Swann set ...
'' **''Little Princess Mee'' **''
The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late" is J. R. R. Tolkien's imagined original song behind the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle (The Cat and the Fiddle)", invented by back formation. It was first published in ''Yorkshire Poetry'' magazine in ...
'' **''The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon'' **''The Stone Troll'' **''Perry-the-Winkle'' **'' The Mewlips'' **''Oliphaunt'' **'' Fastitocalon'' **''The Cat'' **''Shadow-Bride'' **''The Hoard'' **'' The Sea-Bell'' **''The Last Ship'' *''Once upon a time'' 1965 *'' Bilbo's Last Song'' 1966 (first published in 1974, as a poster) *''For W. H. A.'' in 1967 in Shenandoah *'' King Sheave'' in ''The Lost Road'' in 1987 in '' The Lost Road and Other Writings'' *''Narqelion'' published in 1988 in '' Mythlore''


Academic and other works

*1919-1920 contributions to the '' Oxford English Dictionary'', described in '' The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary'' *1922
A Middle English Vocabulary
', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 168 pp. *1925 '' Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'', co-edited with
E.V. Gordon Eric Valentine Gordon (14 February 1896 – 29 July 1938) was a Canadian philologist, known as an editor of medieval Germanic texts and a teacher of medieval Germanic languages at the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester. Early ...
, Oxford University Press, 211 pp.; Revised edition 1967, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 232 pp. *1925 ''Some Contributions to Middle-English Lexicography'', published in '' The Review of English Studies'', volume 1, no, 2, pp, 210-215. *1925 ''
The Devil's Coach Horses "The Devil's Coach Horses" is a 1925 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien ("devil's coach horse" is the common name of a particular kind of rove beetle). Tolkien draws attention to the devil's steeds called ''eaueres'' in ''Hali Meidhad'', translated "bo ...
'', published in '' The Review of English Studies'', volume 1, no, 3, pp, 331-336. *1929 '' Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad'', published in ''Essays and Studies by members of the English Association'', Oxford, volume 14, pp, 104-126. *1932 ''
The Name 'Nodens' *''Nodens'' or *''Nodons'' (Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed from the Dative case, dative ''Nodenti'' or ''Nodonti'') is a Celtic mythology, Celtic healing god worshipped in Ancient Britain. Although no physical depiction of him has sur ...
'', concerning the name Nodens, published in ''Report on the Excavation of the Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire'', Oxford, University Press for The Society of Antiquaries. *1932-34 '' Sigelwara Land'' parts I and II, in ''Medium Aevum'', Oxford, volume 1, no, 3 (December 1932), pp, 183-196 and volume 3, no, 2 (June 1934), pp, 95-111. *1934 '' Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale'', in '' Transactions of the Philological Society'', London, pp, 1-70 (rediscovery of dialect humour, introducing the
Hengwrt manuscript The Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript is an early-15th-century manuscript of the ''Canterbury Tales'', held in the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth. It is an important source for Chaucer's text, and was possibly written by someone with access to a ...
into textual criticism of Chaucer's ''
The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's ''Masterpiece, ...
'') *1937 '' Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'', London, Humphrey Milford, 56 pp. (publication of his 1936 lecture on
Beowulf ''Beowulf'' (; ang, Bēowulf ) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The ...
criticism) *1939 '' The Reeve's Tale: version prepared for recitation at the 'summer diversions''', Oxford, 14 pp. *1939 '' On Fairy-Stories'' (1939 Andrew Lang lecture) - concerning Tolkien's philosophy on fantasy, this lecture was a shortened version of an essay later published in full in 1947. *1944 '' Sir Orfeo'', Oxford, The Academic Copying Office, 18 pp. (an edition of the medieval poem) *1947 '' On Fairy-Stories'' (essay - published in ''Essays presented to Charles Williams'', Oxford University Press) - first full publication of an essay concerning Tolkien's philosophy on fantasy, and which had been presented in shortened form as the 1939 Andrew Lang lecture. *1953 ''Ofermod'' and ''Beorhtnoth's Death'', two essays published with the poem ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son'' in ''Essays and Studies by members of the English Association'', volume 6. *1953 ''Middle English "Losenger": Sketch of an etymological and semantic enquiry'', published in ''Essais de philologie moderne: Communications présentées au Congrès International de Philologie Moderne (1951)'', Les Belles Lettres. *1958 ''The Old English Apollonius of Tyre'', Oxford University Press - editorial prefatory note *1962 '' Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle'', Early English Text Society, Oxford University Press. *1963 '' English and Welsh'', in ''Angles and Britons: O'Donnell Lectures'', University of Cardiff Press. *1964 Introduction to '' Tree and Leaf'', with details of the composition and history of '' Leaf by Niggle'' and '' On Fairy-Stories''. *1966 Contributions to the '' Jerusalem Bible'' (as translator and lexicographer) *1966 Foreword to the Second Edition of '' The Lord of the Rings'', with Tolkien's comments on the varied reaction to his work, his motivation for writing the work, and his opinion of
allegory As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory th ...
. *1966 ''Tolkien on Tolkien'' (autobiographical) *1969 ''The Rivers and Beacon-Hills of Gondor''


Posthumous publications

*1975 Translations of '' Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'', '' Pearl'' and '' Sir Orfeo'' *1976 ''
The Father Christmas Letters ''The Father Christmas Letters'', also known as ''Letters from Father Christmas'', are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1943 for his children, from Father Christmas. They were released posthumo ...
''. Edited by Baillie Tolkien, a daughter-in-law of Tolkien *1980 '' Poems and Stories'' (a compilation of '' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'', ''
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son'' is a work by J. R. R. Tolkien originally published in 1953 in volume 6 of the scholarly journal ''Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association'', and later republished in 1966 in '' ...
'', '' On Fairy-Stories'', '' Leaf by Niggle'', '' Farmer Giles of Ham'' and '' Smith of Wootton Major'') *1981 ''
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien ''The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien'' is a selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's letters published in 1981, edited by Tolkien's biographer Humphrey Carpenter assisted by Christopher Tolkien. The selection from a large mass of materials contains 354 le ...
'' (edited by Christopher Tolkien and Humphrey Carpenter) *1981 ''The Old English "Exodus"'' Text, translation and commentary by J. R. R. Tolkien; edited by Joan Turville-Petre. Clarendon Press, Oxford *1982 ''
Finn and Hengest ''Finn and Hengest'' is a study by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982. Finn (Frisian), Finn and Hengest are two Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon heroes appearing in the Old English language, Old Eng ...
: The Fragment and the Episode'' *1982 '' Mr. Bliss'' *1983 '' The Monsters and the Critics'' (an essay collection) **'' Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'' (1936) **'' On Translating Beowulf'' (1940) **'' On Fairy-Stories'' (1947) **'' A Secret Vice'' (1930) **'' English and Welsh'' (1955) *1995 '' J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator'' - a compilation of Tolkien's artwork *1998 '' Roverandom'' *2002 ''A Tolkien Miscellany'' - (a compilation of '' Smith of Wootton Major'', '' Farmer Giles of Ham'', '' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'', '' Tree and Leaf'', and Tolkien's translations of ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'', ''Pearl'' and ''Sir Orfeo'') *2002 '' Beowulf and the Critics'' ed. Michael D.C. Drout (''Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'' together with two drafts of the longer essay from which it was condensed) *2008 '' Tales from the Perilous Realm'' (a compilation of '' Roverandom'', '' Farmer Giles of Ham'', '' The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'', '' Smith of Wootton Major'', '' Leaf by Niggle'' and '' On Fairy-Stories'') *2009 '' The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' *2013 '' The Fall of Arthur'' (a
narrative poem Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not need rhyme. The poems that make up this genre may be s ...
about
King Arthur King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...
of Britain) *2014 '' Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary'' (ed.
Christopher Tolkien Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English academic editor, becoming a French citizen in later life. The son of author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien edited much of his father' ...
; includes "Sellic Spell") *2015 '' The Story of Kullervo'' (ed. Verlyn Flieger) *2016 '' A Secret Vice'' *2016 '' The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun'', originally published in ''Welsh Review'', 1945


Constructed languages

A large volume of Tolkien's writings on his constructed languages, primarily the Elvish languages such as
Quenya Quenya ()Tolkien wrote in his "Outline of Phonology" (in ''Parma Eldalamberon'' 19, p. 74) dedicated to the phonology of Quenya: is "a sound as in English ''new''". In Quenya is a combination of consonants, ibidem., p. 81. is a constructed la ...
and
Sindarin Sindarin is one of the fictional languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth. Sindarin is one of the many languages spoken by the Elves. The word is a Quenya word. Called in Eng ...
, was published and annotated by scholars in the journals ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' and '' Parma Eldalamberon''. *1989 "The Plotz Quenya Declensions", first published in part in the fanzine Beyond Bree, and later in full in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 6, p, 14. *1991 "Koivieneni Sentence" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 14, pp, 5-20. *1992 "New Tengwar Inscription" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 21, p, 6. *1992 "Liège Tengwar Inscription" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 23, p, 16. *1993 "Two Trees Sentence" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 27, pp, 7-42. *1993 "Koivieneni Manuscript" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 27, pp, 7-42. *1993 "The Bodleian Declensions", in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 28, pp, 9-34. *1994 "The Entu Declension" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 36, pp, 8-29. *1995 "Gnomish Lexicon", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 11. *1995 "Rúmilian Document" in ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 37, pp, 15-23. *1998 "Qenya Lexicon" '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 12. *1998 "
Osanwe-kenta The (pronounced ) is a work of fictional sociolinguistics by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in ''The Lost Road and Other Writings'' (1987), volume five of ''The History of Middle-earth'' series. The word is a Noldorin word meaning “account ...
, Enquiry into the communication of thought", ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 39 *1998 "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D." ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 39, pp, 4-20. *1999 "Narqelion", ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 40, pp, 5-32 *2000 "Etymological Notes: Osanwe-kenta" ''
Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...
'' 41, pp, 5-6 *2000 "From The Shibboleth of Fëanor" (written ca. 1968) ''
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'' 41, pp, 7-10 (A part of ''the Shibboleth of Fëanor'' was published in The Peoples of Middle-earth, pp, 331-366) *2000 "Notes on Óre" ''
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'' 41, pp, 11-19 *2000 "Merin Sentence" Tyalie Tyalieva 14, pp, 32-35 *2001 "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (written 1967-1969) ''
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'' 42, pp, 5-31. *2001 "Essay on negation in Quenya" ''
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'' 42, pp, 33-34. *2001 "Goldogrim Pronominal Prefixes" '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 13 p, 97. *2001 "Early Noldorin Grammar", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 13, pp, 119-132. *2002 "Words of Joy: Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part One), ''
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'' 43: **"Ataremma" ('' Pater Noster'' in Quenya) versions I-VI, pp. 4-26 **"Aia María" ('' Ave Maria'' in Quenya) versions I-IV, pp. 26-36 **"Alcar i Ataren" ('' Gloria Patri'' in Quenya), pp, 36-38 *2002 "Words of Joy: Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part Two), ''
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'' 44: **" Litany of Loreto" in Quenya, pp. 11-20. **"Ortírielyanna" ('' Sub tuum praesidium'' in Quenya), pp. 5-11 **"Alcar mi tarmenel na Erun" ('' Gloria in Excelsis Deo'' in Quenya), pp. 31-38. **"Ae Adar Nín" ('' Pater Noster'' in Sindarin) ''
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'' 44, pp. 21-30. *2003 "Early Qenya Fragments", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 14. *2003 "Early Qenya Grammar", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 14. *2003 "The Valmaric Scripts", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 14. *2004 "''Sí Qente Feanor'' and Other Elvish Writings", ed. Smith, Gilson, Wynne, and Welden, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 15. *2005 "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals (Part One)." Edited by Patrick H. Wynne. ''
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'' 47, pp, 3-43. *2005 "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals (Part Two)." Edited by Patrick H. Wynne. ''
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'' 48, pp, 4-34. *2006 "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets", Part 1, ed. Smith, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 16. *2006 "Early Elvish Poetry: ''Oilima Markirya, Nieninqe'' and ''Earendel''", ed. Gilson, Welden, and Hostetter, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 16 *2006 "Qenya Declensions", "Qenya Conjugations", "Qenya Word-lists", ed. Gilson, Hostetter, Wynne, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 16 *2007 "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals (Part Three)." Edited by Patrick H. Wynne. ''
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'' 49, pp, 3-37. *2007 "Five Late Quenya Volitive Inscriptions." ''
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'' 49, pp, 38-58. *2007 "Ambidexters Sentence", ''
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'' 49 *2007 "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", edited by Gilson, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 17. *2009 "Tengwesta Qenderinwa", ed. Gilson, Smith and Wynne, '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 18. *2009 "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 18. *2010 "Quenya Phonology", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 19. *2010 "Comparative Tables", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 19. *2010 "Outline of Phonetic Development", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 19. *2010 "Outline of Phonology", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 19. *2012 "The Quenya Alphabet", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 20. *2013 "Qenya: Declension of Nouns", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 21. *2013 "Primitive Quendian: Final Consonants", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 21. *2013 "Common Eldarin: Noun Structure", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 21. *2015 "The Fëanorian Alphabet, Part 1", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 22. *2015 "Quenya Verb Structure", '' Parma Eldalamberon'' 22.


Audio recordings

*1967 ''Poems and Songs of Middle-earth'', Caedmon TC 1231 *1975 ''J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings'', Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August 1952 recording by George Sayer)


Art

*1979 ''Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien'', George Allen & Unwin, text by Christopher Tolkien, . 2nd edition 1992. *1995 ''J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator'' (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull) *2011 ''The Art of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien'' (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull) *2015 ''The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien'' (text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull)


See also

* * Tolkien research * Translations of ''The Lord of the Rings'' * Translations of ''The Hobbit'' * Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien


Notes


References

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