Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1976) Winner
Richard C. West
リチャード・シー・ウェスト
Richādo C. Wesuto
Aliases:
Richard Carroll West
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-08-13 （Place of birth unknown）
- Died
- 2020-11-29 （Madison, Wisconsin） age 76
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Career
- Occupations
- librarian, Tolkien scholar
- Active Years
- 1966-2020
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Memberships
- University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society (co-founder), The Tolkien Society member
- Influenced By
- J. R. R. Tolkien, Eugène Vinaver
- Influenced
- Douglas A. Anderson, John D. Rateliff
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Country:
United States
Frequently visited Marquette University's Tolkien archives for research over 45 years
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award | The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings | Inkling Studies | Mythopoeic Society | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Mythcon 45 Scholar Guest of Honor | — | — | Mythcon | 栄誉 |
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
1976
Work:
The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings
Category:
Inkling Studies
Organization:
Mythopoeic Society
Result:
受賞
Mythcon 45 Scholar Guest of Honor
2014
Organization:
Mythcon
Result:
栄誉
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist
1970 Critical BibliographyAn annotated checklist of criticism on J. R. R. Tolkien's works. First edition 1970, revised second edition 1981.
Tolkien scholarship
The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings
1975 Literary criticism essayPioneering essay analyzing the interlacing structure of The Lord of the Rings using medieval literary techniques.
InterlacingMedieval literatureTolkien
Bibliography
- Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist (1970, 1981)
- The Interlace Structure of The Lord of the Rings (A Tolkien Compass, 1975)
- Setting the Rocket Off in Story: The Kalevala as the Germ of Tolkien's Legendarium (2004)
- A Tolkien Checklist: Selected Criticism 1981-2004 (2004)
- 'And She Named Her Own Name': Being True To One's Word in Tolkien's Middle-earth (Tolkien Studies 2, 2005)
- Her Choice Was Made and Her Doom Appointed (2006)
- Neither the Shadow nor the Twilight: The Love Story of Aragorn and Arwen in Literature and Film (2011)
- Where Fantasy Fits: The Importance of Being Tolkien (Mythlore 33:1, 2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly form-criticismAnalysis of medieval literary techniques
- Recurring Motifs
- Interlacing structureHeroic ethosTolkien's Middle-earth
Health
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chronic illness晩年Was being treated in 2020
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COVID-192020年11月Cause of death
Legacy
One of the first Tolkien scholars, best known for his 1975 essay on the interlace structure of The Lord of the Rings, winning the 1976 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award. Highly praised by fellow scholars.
Trivia
- Co-founder of WisCon, the first feminist science fiction convention.
- Co-founder of the University of Wisconsin Tolkien Society and editor of its journal Orcrist.
- Married fellow SF fan Harriet Perri Corrick in 1977.