Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review is an academic journal founded in 2004 publishing papers on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien . The journal's founding editors are Douglas A. Anderson , Michael D. C. Drout , and Verlyn Flieger , and the current editors are Michael D. C. Drout , Verlyn Flieger , and David Bratman . It states that it is the first scholarly journal published by an academic press in the area of Tolkien research (at least in the English language).
5-639: The Tolkien scholar David Bratman wrote that in 2005, Tolkien Studies had "retrenched into Lord of the Rings studies", centred on Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull 's The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion , though it was accompanied by mythological and medieval studies of Tolkien's work. In 2009, the Tolkien scholar Janet Brennan Croft wrote in Mythlore that "The continued and growing success of Tolkien Studies
10-431: Is a cheering indication that our narrow field of mythopoeic and Inklings studies is healthy enough to support two substantial and highly-respected refereed scholarly journals on the general topic in this country alone ( Seven: An Anglo-American Review and Mythlore ), as well as a number of specialized journals devoted even more narrowly to individual Inklings and fellow fantasists, like Tolkien Studies ." She added that
15-506: The editors were major scholars in the field. Mike Foster , writing in Mythlore in 2011 after seeing the first seven volumes of the journal, called Tolkien Studies "the best anthology of Tolkien criticism and commentary". David Bratman David Bratman is a librarian and Tolkien scholar . Bratman was born in Chicago to Robert Bratman, a physician, and his wife Nancy, an editor. He
20-522: The journal was distinctive in "commissioning a lead article from a major Tolkien scholar, and following it up with an appreciation and/or checklist of their scholarship." In 2010, Don Riggs reviewed Tolkien Studies Volume 6 for Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts , commenting that it contained essays, book reviews, a summary of the year 2006 in Tolkien studies, and a bibliography of the year 2007. He noted that
25-702: Was one of four sons in the family. He was brought up in Cleveland, Ohio , and then in California. He was educated at the University of California-Berkeley , and took his M.L.S. at the University of Washington . He works as a librarian at university and other libraries. He has contributed to Tolkien scholarship since 1977, including 13 entries for the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia , and a chapter in Wiley-Blackwell's A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien . He has helped to run
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