Gergely Nagy is a Hungarian

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Tolkien scholar The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of research covering many aspects of his fantasy writings. These encompass ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Silmarillion'', along with his legendarium that remained unpublished until after ...

Biography

Gergely Nagy was born in

Szeged, Hungary Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

. Nagy gained his PhD at the

University of Szeged , mottoeng = Truth. Bravery. Freedom. , established = , type = Public research university , founder = Emperor Franz Joseph I , affiliation = European University Association, Science Without Borders, Confucius Institute , budget = US$220 mi ...

, where he teaches on

Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

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. Nagy has written numerous papers of Tolkien criticism. He contributed nine entries to the 2006 '' J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia'', and a chapter on ''

The Silmarillion ''The Silmarillion'' () is a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by the fantasy author Guy Gavriel ...

'' to the 2014 ''A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien''. He has been described as an "especially well-known figure" in Tolkien scholarship who had made an "excellent contribution" to the book ''Sub-creating Arda. World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work'' with his "usual skill and insight".

Works

Nagy's many articles of

Tolkien scholarship John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlin ...

include: * 2002
The Great Chain of Reading: (Inter)Textual Relations and the Technique of Mythopoesis in the Túrin Story
, In:

Jane Chance Jane Chance (born 1945), also known as Jane Chance Nitzsche, is an American scholar specializing in medieval English literature, gender studies, and J. R. R. Tolkien. She spent most of her career at Rice University, where since her retirement she ha ...

(ed) ''Tolkien the Medievalist''. London: Routledge, pp. 239-258. * 2004
The Adapted Text: The Lost Poetry of Beleriand
, ''

Tolkien Studies ''Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review'' is an academic journal publishing papers on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. The journal's founding editors are Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D. C. Drout, and Verlyn Flieger, and the current editors ...

'' 1: pp. 21-41. * 2004 "Saving the Myths: the Recreation of Mythology in Plato and Tolkien", In:

(ed) ''J. R. R. Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader''. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004. pp. 81-100. * 2005 "The Medievalist's Fiction: Textuality and Historicity as Aspects of Tolkien’s Medievalist Cultural Theory in a Postmodernist Context", In:

, Alfred K. Siewers (ed) ''Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages''. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, New-York, pp. 29-41. * 2006
The 'Lost' Subject of Middle-earth. Elements and Motifs of the Constitution of the Subject in the Figure of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings
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'' 3: pp. 57-79. * 2013 "A Body of Myth: Representing Sauron in The Lord of the Rings", In: Christopher Vaccaro (ed) ''The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on Middle-earth Corporeality''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, pp. 119-130. * 2014
The Silmarillion: Tolkien's Theory of Myth, Text, and Culture
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Stuart D. Lee Stuart Dermot Lee (born 3 February 1966) is a British specialist in information technology at Oxford University Computing Services and a Reader (academic rank), Reader in E-learning at Oxford University, but is best known for his scholarly books on ...

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A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien ''A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien'' is a 2014 book edited by Stuart D. Lee and published by Wiley-Blackwell. It is a part of the ''Blackwell Companions to Literature'' series, which have been described as prestigious reference works, and features ...

'', John Wiley & Sons.

References

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