Notes
Introduction
[1]. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), 245.
Part 1—Behind the Scenes
Chapter 1: Faërie and Fairy Stories
[1]. J. R. R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm (Harper Collins, 2008), 315–316.
[2]. Ibid., 323.
[3]. Ibid., 327.
[4]. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carter, ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000), 288–289.
Chapter 2: Tolkien as Sub-Creator
[1]. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm, 363–364.
[2]. Collins English Dictionary—Complete & Unabridged 10th edition by HarperCollins. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allegory (accessed 01/31/12).
[3]. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm, 371.
Chapter 3: A Short History of Middle-Earth
[1]. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (New York: Del Ray/Random, 1999), 3.
[2]. Ibid., 4.
[3]. Ibid., 32
Part 2: Between the Pages
Chapter 1: A Comfortable Life
[1]. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), back cover.
[2]. Ibid., 4.
[3]. Ibid., 15.
[4]. Ibid., 5.
[5]. Ibid., 19.
Chapter 2: A Poor Beginning
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 30.
[2]. Ibid., 32.
[3]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 34.
[4]. Ibid., 38.
[5]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 360.
[6]. Ibid., 359–360.
[7]. See “The Window on the West” chapter in The Two Towers, Book II of The Lord of the Rings.
Chapter 3: An Old Friend
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 43.
[2]. Ibid., 48.
[3]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 194.
[4]. John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War (New York: HarperCollins, 2005), 216–218.
Chapter 4: Darkness and Light
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 56.
[2]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 6.
Chapter 5: Turning Points
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 64.
[2]. Ibid., 77.
[3]. Ibid., 78.
[4]. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987), 69.
Chapter 6: Two Escapes
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 86.
[2]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 69.
[3]. Ibid., 65.
[4]. Ibid., 20.
[5]. Ibid., 18.
[6]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 16.
[7]. Ibid., 126.
Chapter 8: A New Hobbit
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 142.
Chapter 9: The Hidden Hero
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 161.
[2]. Ibid.
[3]. Ibid., 167.
Chapter 10: The Long-Awaited Party
[1]. J. Barton Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980).
[2]. James Stuart Bell, The Bible Answer Book (Sourcebooks, 2010), 82.
[3]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 38.
[4]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 192.
Chapter 11: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 182.
[2]. Ibid.
[3]. Ibid.
[4]. Carpenter, Tolkien: A Biography, 78.
[5]. Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, 104.
[6]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 50.
Chapter 12: Bilbo’s Two Battles
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 199.
[2]. J. R. R. Tolkien, from the lecture “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” delivered 11/25/1936 (see at www.scribd.com).
Chapter 13: The Seeds of Greed
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 194.
[2]. Ibid.
[3]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 8.
Chapter 14: Whispers and Flame
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 221–222.
[2]. Ibid., 223.
Chapter 15: The King Under the Mountain
[1]. Ibid., 11.
Chapter 16: A Shrewd Hobbit
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 245.
[2]. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring, 43.
Chapter 17: The War With Two Sides
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 250
[2]. Ibid., 254.
[3]. Ibid., 175.
[4]. Ibid., 253.
[5]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 254.
[6]. Ibid., 255.
[7]. Ibid.
[8]. Ibid., 260.
[9]. Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, 217.
Chapter 18: Beyond the Veil
[1]. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm, 384.
[2]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 256.
[3]. Ibid., 258.
[4]. Ibid.
[5]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 257.
[6]. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, 41.
[7]. Ibid., 258.
Chapter 19: A New Creation
[1]. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 58.
[2]. Ibid., 270.
[3]. Ibid., 245.
[4]. Ibid., 270.