Tolkien research

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of research covering subjects such as Tolkien as a writer of fantasy literature and Tolkien's invented languages. The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of research covering subjects such as Tolkien as a writer of fantasy literature and Tolkien's invented languages. Tolkien's constructed languages, Quenya and Sindarin, the languages of Elves, have inspired linguistic research. Parma Eldalamberon and Vinyar Tengwar are published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship of the Mythopoeic Society a non-profit organization. The Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon material published at an increasing rate during the early 2000s is from the stock of linguistic material in the possession of the appointed team of editors (some 3000 pages according to them), consisting of photocopies sent them by Christopher Tolkien and notes taken in the Bodleian library around 1992. An Internet mailing list dedicated to Tolkien's languages, called tolklang, has existed since November 1, 1990. Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-Earth, a book edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter (London: Greenwood Press, 2000), contains a number of essays on topics such as the conceptual evolution of Sindarin or 'The Growth of Grammar in the Elven Tongues.'