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'''Janet Brennan Croft''' (b.[[1961]]) is an American author, editor, and Head of Access and Delivery Services, University Libraries at Rutgers University. She is the editor of ''[[Mythlore|Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature]]''.<ref>"Notes on Contributors" in [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 4]] (p. 366)</ref> | |||
==Bibliography, selected== | ==Bibliography, selected== | ||
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*[[2005]]: [[Tolkien on Film|''Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings]] (editor) | *[[2005]]: [[Tolkien on Film|''Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings]] (editor) | ||
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language]]'' (editor) | *[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language]]'' (editor) | ||
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]'' (co-editor) | |||
*[[2015]]: ''[[Perilous and Fair|Perilous and Fair: Women in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work and Life]]'' (co-editor) | |||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
*[[2002]]: ''Mythlore'', Volume 23 #4 | *[[2002]]: ''Mythlore'', Volume 23 #4 | ||
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**"The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's ''The Fellowship of the Ring''" | **"The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's ''The Fellowship of the Ring''" | ||
*[[2004]]: ''World Literature Today'', January-April 2004 | *[[2004]]: ''World Literature Today'', January-April 2004 | ||
**"Beyond The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's Other Works for Children" (pp. 67-70) | **"Beyond ''The Hobbit'': J.R.R. Tolkien's Other Works for Children" (pp. 67-70) | ||
*[[2004]]: [[Mallorn (journal)|''Mallorn'']] 42 (August 2004) | *[[2004]]: [[Mallorn (journal)|''Mallorn'']] 42 (August 2004) | ||
**"The Morality of Military Leadership in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-50) | **"The Morality of Military Leadership in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-50) | ||
*[[2004]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 92 (Summer/Fall 2004) | *[[2004]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 92 (Summer/Fall 2004) | ||
**"'The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering': World War II in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (pp. 58-71) | **"'The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering': World War II in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (pp. 58-71) | ||
*[[2004]]: '' | *[[2004]]: [[SEVEN 21|''SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review'', Volume 21]] | ||
**"Bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root": Themes from ''Macbeth'' in ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-60) | **"Bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root": Themes from ''Macbeth'' in ''The Lord of the Rings''" (pp. 47-60) | ||
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' | *[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' | ||
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*[[2007]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 4]] | *[[2007]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 4]] | ||
**"Notes and Documents: Walter E. Haigh, Author of A New Glossary of the Huddersfield Dialect" (pp. 184-188) | **"Notes and Documents: Walter E. Haigh, Author of A New Glossary of the Huddersfield Dialect" (pp. 184-188) | ||
*[[2009]]: '' | *[[2009]]: [[Mythlore 107/108|''Mythlore'' 107/108]], Volume 28, Issue 1/2 | ||
**"Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" (pp. 149-164) | **"Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" (pp. 149-164) | ||
*[[2011]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4 | *[[2011]]: ''[[Mythlore]]'' 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4 | ||
**"Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate" | **"Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate" | ||
*[[2011]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 8]] | |||
**"The Hen that Laid the Eggs: Tolkien and the Officers Training Corps" | |||
*[[2011]]: [[Picturing Tolkien|''Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's'' The Lord of the Rings ''Film Trilogy'']] | |||
**"Jackson's Aragorn and the American Superhero Monomyth" | |||
*[[2012]]: [[Mallorn 53|''Mallorn'' 53]] | |||
** "On the origin of ideas" (review of ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]'') | |||
*[[2014]]: [[Mythlore 124|''Mythlore'' 124]] | |||
**"Tolkien’s Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions" | |||
*[[2016]]: ''[[Journal of Tolkien Research]]'' (vol. 3, issue 1) | |||
**"[http://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol3/iss1/2/ Bibliographic Resources for Literature Searches on J.R.R Tolkien]" | |||
* [[2016]]: ''[[The Return Of The Ring: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012]]'' | |||
** "Tolkien's Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions" | |||
*[[2018]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 15|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 15]] | |||
**"Doors into Elf-mounds: J.R.R. Tolkien's Introductions, Prefaces, and Forewords" | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http:// | *[https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/profile/janet-brennan_croft Home page] | ||
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/10/14/an-interview-with-janet-brennan-croft/ An Interview with Janet Brennan Croft] by [[Michael Martinez]] | |||
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2013/01/06/Person-of-Interest-Janet-Brennan-Croft-Tolkien-scholar/stories/201301060230 Person of Interest: Janet Brennan Croft, Tolkien scholar] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDz3Hvn7i5U "British Fantasy literature & World War I"] at OK State Library. | |||
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Janet Brennan Croft (b.1961) is an American author, editor, and Head of Access and Delivery Services, University Libraries at Rutgers University. She is the editor of Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature.[1]
Bibliography, selected
Books
- 2004: War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
- 2005: Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (editor)
- 2007: Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language (editor)
- 2014: Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey (co-editor)
- 2015: Perilous and Fair: Women in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work and Life (co-editor)
Articles
- 2002: Mythlore, Volume 23 #4
- "The Great War and Tolkien's Memory: an examination of World War I themes in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 4-21)
- 2003: Mallorn 41 (July 2003)
- "'Reading Lord of the Rings: The Final Attempt': an analysis of a web community" (pp. 26-33)
- 2003: Proceedings of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations (SW/TEX PCA/ACA) Years 2000-2003
- "'The utter stupid waste of war': J.R.R. Tolkien on World War II"
- "The Mines of Moria: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring"
- 2004: World Literature Today, January-April 2004
- "Beyond The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's Other Works for Children" (pp. 67-70)
- 2004: Mallorn 42 (August 2004)
- "The Morality of Military Leadership in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 47-50)
- 2004: Mythlore 92 (Summer/Fall 2004)
- "'The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering': World War II in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" (pp. 58-71)
- 2004: SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Volume 21
- "Bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root": Themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings" (pp. 47-60)
- 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
- "Farmer Giles of Ham", "Gríma (Wormtongue)", "Haigh, Walter E. (1856-1931)", "Merry", "Pippin", "Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.", "Shakespeare"
- 2007: Fantasy Fiction Into Film (Ed. Leslie Stratyner and James R. Keller)
- "Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle." (pp. 7-20)
- 2007: Silver Leaves, Issue 1
- "How I Learned More About Hobbits"
- 2007: Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
- "'Bid the Tree Unfix his Earth-bound Root': Themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings"
- 2007: Tolkien Studies: Volume 4
- "Notes and Documents: Walter E. Haigh, Author of A New Glossary of the Huddersfield Dialect" (pp. 184-188)
- 2009: Mythlore 107/108, Volume 28, Issue 1/2
- "Naming the Evil One: Onomastic Strategies in Tolkien and Rowling" (pp. 149-164)
- 2011: Mythlore 113/114, Volume 29, Issue 3/4
- "Túrin and Aragorn: Embracing and Evading Fate"
- 2011: Tolkien Studies: Volume 8
- "The Hen that Laid the Eggs: Tolkien and the Officers Training Corps"
- 2011: Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy
- "Jackson's Aragorn and the American Superhero Monomyth"
- 2012: Mallorn 53
- "On the origin of ideas" (review of Tolkien and the Study of His Sources)
- 2014: Mythlore 124
- "Tolkien’s Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions"
- 2016: Journal of Tolkien Research (vol. 3, issue 1)
- 2016: The Return Of The Ring: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012
- "Tolkien's Faërian Drama: Origins and Valedictions"
- 2018: Tolkien Studies: Volume 15
- "Doors into Elf-mounds: J.R.R. Tolkien's Introductions, Prefaces, and Forewords"
External links
- Home page
- An Interview with Janet Brennan Croft by Michael Martinez
- Person of Interest: Janet Brennan Croft, Tolkien scholar
- "British Fantasy literature & World War I" at OK State Library.
References
- ↑ "Notes on Contributors" in Tolkien Studies: Volume 4 (p. 366)
