Nature in The Lord of the Rings
Bassham, Gregory, and Eric Bronson, eds. The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 2003.
This book was recommended by the professor.
Brisbois, Michael J. “Tolkien’s Imaginary Nature: An Analysis of the Structure of Middle-earth.” Tolkien Studies 2 (2005): 197–216. Project Muse. EBSCO Host. E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “lord of the rings” and nature.
The nature of Middle-Earth in the books contains beautiful descriptions including forests, valleys, mountains, rivers, etc.- it is like an idealized nature.
Curry, Patrick. “Middle-earth: Nature and Ecology.” Defending Middle Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity. 1st Houghton Mifflin Books ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
This book was recommmended by the professor and it has an article in it on nature and ecology in Middle-Earth.
Flieger, Verlyn. “Taking the Part of Trees: Eco-Conflict in Middle-Earth.” J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle Earth 89th ser. (2000): 145–58. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO Host. E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “lord of the rings” and ecology.
More about the Ents, conflict between “good” (the Ents and nature) and “evil” (industrialization and Sauron).
Gonzalez, Margarita C. “When Nature Responds to Evil Practices: A Warning from the Ents of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth.” Truth, reconciliation, and evil 19th ser. (2004): 147–61. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO Host. E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “lord of the rings” and nature.
I want to have one of my focuses be the Ents and thier message and reaction to Sauron.
This includes information from the book ‘’The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power” by Jane Chance, focused on industrialization and pollution.
Letcher, Andy. “The Scouring of the Shire: Fairies, Trolls, and Pixies in Eco-Protest.” Folklore 112 (2001): 147–61. JSTOR. EBSCO Host. E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “the lord of the rings” and ecology.
This speaks about the Shire and its idealized nature and how that is destroyed during the war.
Olsen, Corey. “The Myth of the Ent and the Entwife.” Tolkien Studies 5 (2008): 39–53. Project Muse. EBSCO Host.
E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “lord of the rings” and nature.
I want to explore more about the Ents and the Entwives- they seem like very mysterious, earthy creatures (they seem the most connected to nature, for they ARE nature).
Piittinen, Vesa, comp. “Ents.” Category: Races. 1 Jan. 2003. Tolkien Gateway. 15 Oct. 2008
<http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/ents>.
More information about the Ents as a “race.”
Treschow, Michael, and Mark Duckworth. “Bombadil’s Role in The Lord of the Rings.” Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature 95–96 25 (2006): 175–96. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO Host. E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo. 14 Oct. 2008. Keyword: “lord of the rings” and nature.
Bombadil is considered by some as a “nature spirit.”
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