Understanding Middle-earth : Essays on Tolkien's Middle-earth

Introduction: Browsing the Compleat Middle-earth library 1(25) SECTION I: THE INHABITANTS OF MIDDLE-EARTH 25(184) Do Elves dream of eclectic sleep? 27(8) How the elves have changed 35(12) It's all in the family 47(34) Of thegns and kings and rangers and things 81(16) Simple Hobbits have lots of friends 97(8) The men who would be steward 105(18) Legolas Greenleaf 123(10) The wars of the Glorfindels 133(14) Gil-galad was an Elven-king 147(16) Much ado about Arwen: Elven Princess 163(6) If I only had a Bombadil 169(12) The Sauron Strategies 181(28) SECTION II: THE SECOND AGE OF MIDDLE-EARTH 209(90) Before the Numenoreans came 211(10) Have island, will rebel 221(14) Seeking the wayward children of Numenor 235(12) Shhh! It's a secret ring! 247(20) Make room for dragons 267(8) A History of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men 275(24) SECTION III: THE MYTHOLOGY OF MIDDLE-EARTH 299(2) Have you been to Valinor lately? 301(8) The manly men of myth and Middle-earth 309(10) Tolkien's time machine: when literary worlds collide 319(12) The other way round 331(22) Et tu, Faramir? 353(10) Middle-earth revised, again 363