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Verlyn Flieger

ヴェルリン・フライガー

Verlyn Flieger

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1933-01-01 （United States）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
College Park, Maryland

Career

Occupations
author, editor, Professor Emerita of English
Active Years
1976-2024
Affiliations
University of Maryland, Signum University
Influenced By
J. R. R. Tolkien
Influenced
Tolkien scholars

Education

The Catholic University of America
Department of English
Degree: Doctorate
Period: 1972-1977
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: United States
Master's degree (1972), Doctorate (1977)
University of Maryland, College Park
Department of English
Period: 1976-2012
Country: United States
Taught from 1976 to 2012
Signum University
Arthurian studies
Period: 2012-現在
Country: United States
Online teaching since 2012

Awards

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
1998
Work: A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie
Category: Inklings Studies
Organization: Mythopoeic Society
Result: 受賞
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
2002
Work: Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth
Category: Inklings Studies
Organization: Mythopoeic Society
Result: 受賞
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
2013
Work: Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J. R. R. Tolkien
Category: Inklings Studies
Organization: Mythopoeic Society
Result: 受賞
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
2019
Work: There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale: More Essays on Tolkien
Category: Inklings Studies
Organization: Mythopoeic Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World

1983 Tolkien Studies

Explores light as a central theme in Tolkien's mythology.

lightlanguagemythology

A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie

2001 Tolkien Studies

Analyzes Tolkien's concept of time.

timeFaërie

Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology

2005 Tolkien Studies

Examines the development of Tolkien's mythology.

musicmythology

Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J. R. R. Tolkien

2012 Tolkien Studies

Collection of essays on Tolkien.

green sunsFaërie

There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale: More Essays on Tolkien

2019 Tolkien Studies

More essays on Tolkien.

fairy tales

Bibliography

  • Splintered Light
  • A Question of Time
  • Interrupted Music
  • Green Suns and Faërie
  • There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale
  • Tolkien's Legendarium
  • Pig Tale
  • The Inn at Corbies' Caww
  • Arthurian Voices

Style & Themes

Literary Style
clear scholarly proseinterdisciplinary approach
Recurring Motifs
symbolism of lightexploration of timemyth-making

Legacy

Renowned Tolkien scholar who won the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award four times.