Queer approaches to Tolkien : essays on the many paths to Middle-earth / edited by Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro and Stephen Yandell.
| Other author | Reid, Robin Anne, 1955- editor. |
| Other author | Vaccaro, Christopher, editor. |
| Other author | Yandell, Stephen, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xi, 248 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Tolkien |
| Contents | Preface / Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro and Stephen Yandell -- Introduction / Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro and Stephen Yandell -- Queer moralities. The problematic perimeters of Elrond Half-elven and Ronald English-Catholic / Kristine Larsen -- I dream of Gandalf : or, how I was raised by wizards / Jes Batts -- The end is queer : cleanness and Tolkien's apocalyptic landscape / Stephen Yandell -- Queer intersections. Mother or other : Tolkien's Shelob and the "monstrous feminine" / Sara Brown -- Éowyn and/or Dernhelm : reading Éowyn's (trans)masculine disguise / Gavin Foster -- "Something mighty queer" : destabilizing gender, intimacy and family in Tolkien's legendarium / Danna Petersen-Deeprose -- Intra-male queerness. "For he would take no wife" : surface reading, Ẽrnur and the queering of the unmarried male in The Lord of the Rings / Nicholas Birns -- "Bending over with naked blade" : the erotics of suffering and male-male penetration in Tolkien's legendarium / Zachary Clifton Engledow -- Frodo, Sam and the ring of power : a queer erotic triangle / Christopher Cameron -- "Saruman [?pardoned]" : the queerness of sex in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings / Christopher Vaccaro -- Queer transformations. "and stooping he raised Beleg and kissed his mouth" : queering canon with Tolkien fanfiction / Maria K. Alberto -- "What care I for the hands of a king?" : Tolkien fanfiction and narratives of the transgender self / Cordeliah G. Logsdon -- Tolkien and alterity : a bibliography / Jordan Audas. |
| Abstract | "These essays bring together voices from different academic fields, time periods, and scholarly backgrounds in the first collection to focus solely on queer approaches to Tolkien's legendarium. The discussion is grounded in queer experiences, bodies and interpretations, while recognizing and responding to the religious reception of Tolkien's work. The essays cover a broad chronological range, from work on pre-modern queerness to contributions from contemporary queer theorists trained in later periods. Addressing the tensions between queerness, spirituality and the ongoing debates around diversity, this collection offers new ways to read and understand Tolkien's texts through a queer lens."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Critiques littéraires. |
| LCCN | 2025031028 |
| ISBN | 9781476694627 |
| ISBN | 1476694621 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |