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Christianity and Middle-Earth Essays and poetry on the Christian themes in The Lord of the Rings, examining both Tolkien's books and Peter Jackson's movie versions. http://entropyhouse.com/baillie/candme/

Elves and Art in Tolkien's Aesthetics Discussion of the symbolic relationship between Elves and art in Tolkien's aesthetics, with a special emphasis on The Silmarillion. http://www.firstworld.ca/tolkien/elvesandart.html

Frodo and the Fate of the Individual Uses a sample chapter from "Returning the Ring" to explore the fate of the modern day individual when posed with the issue of a world in crisis. http://www.dreamanalysis.info/role_of_the_individual.html

Heroism and Redemption in Middle-Earth A study of Tolkien's fictional realm. http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/tolkien.html

Lord of the Rings and Prophecies Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and the Bible's prophecies of the Book of Revelation discussed. http://revelation13.net/Tolkien.html

A Philologist on Esperanto An article by Tolkien about his opinion on the international language Esperanto, published in 1932 in the magazine The British Esperantist. http://www.geocities.com/kalblando/filologo.htm

Stephen Geard's Tolkien Fan Page History and complete chronology of Númenor, Arnor and Gondor, and a table of the names of the Princes of the Noldor. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sdgeard/tolkien.html

Tolkien's Oxford Introduces the places where Tolkien lived and worked in Oxford. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/TolkiensOxford/

Visit the Birthplace of 'The Lord of the Rings' Pamela S. Turner's article about the author's life in Oxford, England [Christian Science Monitor]. http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1127/p17s2-altr.html

Who is Tom Bombadil? Extensive analysis of the figure Tom Bombadil, with links to other sites about him. http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html

Smithsonian Magazine: Master of Middle Earth Details the unlikely success of "Lord of the Rings." (January, 2002) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/earth.html

The Hobbit Review of a theater version of "The Hobbit." (March 2, 2000) http://www.s-t.com/daily/03-00/03-02-00/c01li093.htm

The War of the Rings Explores the effects of Internet fandom on the author's legacy. (September 2, 1999) http://www.seattleweekly.com/1999-09-01/news/the-war-of-the-rings/