Picturing Tolkien
Essays on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

Edited by Janice M. Bogstad and Philip E. Kaveny


Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4636-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8473-7
3 photos, notes, bibliographies, index
309pp. softcover (6 x 9) 2011

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About the Book
This group of new critical essays offers multidisciplinary analysis of director Peter Jackson’s spectacularly successful adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’sLord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) andThe Return of the King (2003). Part One of the collection, "Techniques of Structure and Story," compares and contrasts the organizational principles of the books and films. Part Two, "Techniques of Character and Culture," focuses on the methods used to transform the characters and settings of Tolkien’s narrative into the personalities and places visualized on screen. Each of the sixteen essays includes extensive notes and a separate bibliography.

About the Author
Janice M. Bogstad is a professor of women’s studies and English and is head of technical services at the McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Her written work has appeared in more than 60 reference books. University of Wisconsin-Madison Emeritus Philip E. Kaveny is an independent scholar, author, playwright, poet and lecturer. In 1976 he cofounded Madison’s Feminist Oriented Conference.