Early Glimpses of Middle-earth

Authors

Manfred Zimmermann, Marburg University, Germany

Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record

Artist
Edith Crowe

Abstract

Discusses the review essays Tolkien wrote for The Years’ Work in English Studies in 1923–1926, and finds parallels to his fiction writing. These reviews “offer interesting insights into a mind in which Middle-earth had already begun to take shape.”