A Tolkien Compass, a 1975 collection of essays edited by Jared Lobdell, was one of the first books of Tolkien scholarship to be published; it was written without sight of The Silmarillion, published in 1977. Some of the essays have remained at the centre of such scholarship. Most were written by academics for fan-organised conferences. The collection was also the first place where Tolkien's own "Guide to the names in The Lord of the Rings" became widely available.
The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey described the essays as written in an innocent time before Tolkien studies became professionalised, and as such they offer "freshness, candor, and a sense of historical depth"[1] that cannot be repeated. Other scholars have stated that two of the essays about The Hobbit have become frequently-cited classics in their field.
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ATolkienCompass, a 1975 collection of essays edited by Jared Lobdell, was one of the first books of Tolkien scholarship to be published; it was written...
Ohlmarks with his Swedish version, Tolkien wrote his "Guide" in 1967; it was released publicly in 1975 in ATolkienCompass, and again, retranscribed, in the...
"Reasons for Liking Tolkien". London Review of Books. 23 (22). Shippey 2005, pp. 118–119. Shippey, Tom (2003). "Foreword". ATolkienCompass (Second ed.). Open...
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friends J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. He died at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Lobdell's 1975 edited collection, ATolkienCompass, was one of the...
Helen (1975). "The Corruption of Power". In Lobdell, Jared (ed.). ATolkienCompass. Open Court. pp. 57–68. ISBN 978-0875483030. Plato; Jowett, Benjamin...
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