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03629aam a2200445 i 4500 001 11D98F6E134A11EF9E2D8B812AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240516010052 008 141219s2015 cau b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014959965 020 $a 1887726012 020 $a 9781887726016 035 $a (OCoLC)903655969 040 $a OUF $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OUF $d ICW $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a PR6039.O32 $b Z789 2015 082 04 $a 828.91209 $b T577cp 245 00 $a Perilous and fair : $b women in the works and life of J.R.R. Tolkien / $c edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan. 264 1 $a Altadena, CA : $b Mythopoeic Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 349 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a Includes seven classic articles as well as seven new examinations of women in Tolkien's works and life bringing together not only perspectives on Tolkien's most commonly discussed female characters -- EÌowyn, Galadriel, and LuÌthien -- but also on less studies figures such as Nienna, Yavanna, Shelob, and Arwen. 505 0 $a Introduction: perilous and fair, ancient and modern, luminous and powerful -- The history of scholarship on female characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium: a feminist bibliographic essay -- The missing women: J.R.R. Tolkien's lifelong support for women's higher education -- She-who-must-not-be-ignored: gender and genre in The Lord of the rings and the Victorian boys' book -- The feminine principle in Tolkien -- Tolkien's females and the defining of power -- Power in Arda: sources, uses and misuses -- The fall and repentance of Galadriel -- Luthien Tinuviel and bodily desire in the Lay of Leithian -- The power of pity and tears: the evolution of Nienna in the legendarium -- At home and abroad: Eowyn's two-fold figuring as war bride in The Lord of the rings -- The Valkyrie reflex in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the rings: Galadriel, Shelob, Eowyn, and Arwen -- Speech and silence in The Lord of the rings: medieval romance and the transitions of Eowyn -- Hidden in plain view: strategizing unconventionality in Shakespeare's and Tolkien's portraits of women -- Finding ourselves in the (un)mapped lands: Women's reparative readings of the The Lord of the rings. 520 $a Includes seven classic articles as well as seven new examinations of women in Tolkien's works and life bringing together not only perspectives on Tolkien's most commonly discussed female characters -- EÌowyn, Galadriel, and LuÌthien -- but also on less studies figures such as Nienna, Yavanna, Shelob, and Arwen. 541 $a UNI: Donated by Janet Brennan Croft. $5 IaCfT 541 $a UNI: Faculty Publications Collection; Janet Brennan Croft. $5 IaCfT 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 650 0 $a Women in literature. 650 6 $a Femmes dans la litteÌrature. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0067820 650 7 $a Women in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177912 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973 $x Women. $x Women. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00030031 710 2 $a Wheaton College (Ill.). $b Marion E. Wade Center. 700 1 $a Croft, Janet Brennan, $e editor. 700 1 $a Donovan, Leslie A., $d 1957- $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240516021324.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11D98F6E134A11EF9E2D8B812AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search