Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy ed. Douglas A. Anderson (Ballantine Del Rey, September 2003, 0-345-45855-9, $14.95, 436pp, tp, an, cover by John Howe)
Anthology of 20 stories, a play, and a novel excerpt, by authors who might have influenced Tolkien including George MacDonald, L. Frank Baum, E. Nesbit, and William Hope Hodgson. Anderson’s story introductions discuss any known influence on Tolkien’s work. A hardcover edition (-45854-0, $27.95) was annouced but not seen.
- 1 · Introduction · Douglas A. Anderson · in
- 4 · The Elves · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by Thomas Carlyle · nv German Romance, Volume 2 ed. Thomas Carlyle, W. Tait, 1827
translated from the German (Die Elfen, 1811).
- 21 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867
- 46 · Puss-cat Mew · E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen · nv Stories for My Children by Lord Brabourne, 1869
- 87 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885
- 101 · The Demon Pope · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888
- 111 · The Story of Sigurd · adapted by Andrew Lang · ss The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1890
- 120 · The Folk of the Mountain Door · William Morris · ss The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 21 by William Morris, 1914
- 133 · Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll · H. Rider Haggard · na Africa Review January 1896
- 182 · The Dragon Tamers [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine August 1899
- 195 · The Far Islands · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1899
- 213 · The Drawn Arrow · Clemence Housman · ss Thirty and One Stories by Thirty and One Authors ed. Ernest Rhys & C. A. Dawson Scott, 1923
- 224 · The Enchanted Buffalo · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator May 1905
- 232 · Chu-Bu and Sheemish · Lord Dunsany · ss Saturday Review (UK) December 30 1911
- 238 · The Baumoff Explosive · William Hope Hodgson · ss Nash’s Illustrated Weekly September 20 1919
- 253 · The Regent of the North · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path August 1915, as by C. ApArthur
- 264 · The Coming of the Terror · Arthur Machen · nv The Century Magazine October 1917
- 302 · The Elf Trap · Francis Stevens · nv Argosy July 5 1919
- 325 · The Thin Queen of Elfhame · James Branch Cabell · ss The Century Magazine December 1922
- 333 · The Woman of the Wood · A. Merritt · nv Weird Tales August 1926
- 359 · Golithos the Ogre · E. A. Wyke-Smith · ex from The Marvellous Land of Snergs, Ernest Benn, September 1927
- 371 · The Story of Alwina · Austin Tappan Wright · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981
from Wright’s unpublished Islandia: History and Description.
- 391 · A Christmas Play · David Lindsay · pl
- 427 · Author Notes and Recommended Reading · Douglas A. Anderson · ms
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