The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
“rich, multi-disciplinary collection of essays” – Deidre A. Dawson
“an engaging, refreshing and perspicacious reassessment […] it will no doubt become and remain a standard reference in this area of Tolkien studies.” – Martin Simonson
Shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Best Book and Best Article 2025.
Reviews: Fafnir, Journal of Inkling Studies, and Journal of Tolkien Studies.
Listen to the introduction on YouTube here and read it on my blog here.
Tolkien and the Age of Forgery: Improving Antiquarian Practices in Arda
This article draws on previously unpublished manuscripts by Tolkien to argue that his motivation and methods used to create a national mythology echoed those of the eighteenth-century forgers James Macpherson and Thomas Chatterton.
Tolkien Society Proceedings
2021: Adapting Tolkien (review)
2022: Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien (review)
2023: Tolkien and Diversity (reviews: JTR, JIS); Translating and Illustrating Tolkien (review)
2024: Tolkien and the Gothic (review)
2025: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2019 Conference (review), Númenor, The Mighty and Frail
Forthcoming: Tolkien’s Romantic Resonances
BARS Stephen Copley Research Report: Tolkien’s Manuscripts
at the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Between 29.2.24 and 2.3.24 I visited the Bodleian Library, Oxford to look for references to the Romantics in Tolkien’s manuscripts. I am grateful that the research trip was funded by BARS’s Stephen Copley Research Award.
You can read my report here.
Will Sherwood 