This content is from Wikipedia. We do not consider this content professional or citable. Please use your discretion when relying on it. GradeSaver also offers a professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors.

Further reading

• Lin Carter, Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (1969)
• David Day, The World of Tolkien: Mythological Sources of the Lord of the Rings (2004), ISBN 978-0517223178.
• Michael D. C. Drout, J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia.
• Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005), ISBN 0-618-64267-6.
• Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006), ISBN 0618391134 .
• Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The History of The Lord of the Rings, 4 vols (1988–1992).