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A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien La Biblioteca di Hobbiville Attraverso questa rubrica, la rivista si propone di fornire una bibliografia completa di tutte le opere pubblicate da Tolkien, ed una catalogazione di tutti gli scritti a lui dedicati. Siamo ormai giunti al quindicesimo numero di questa bibliografia e, dopo aver raccolto nell’ultimo numero pubblicato, tutte le edizioni de “Lo Hobbit” pubblicate nel mondo, ci sentiamo in dovere, per ragioni di completezza, di produrre un nuovo aggiornamento (il terzo) delle opere di e su Tolkien pubblicate in Italia, negli Stati Uniti d’America e nel Regno Unito. Infatti, la titanica produzione di cui si tratta non ha subito battute di arresto, come vedremo, nemmeno successivamente al placarsi dell’entusiasmo “mondiale” dovuto all’uscita nelle sale cinematografiche della trilogia di Jackson. Ciò testimonia, ancora una volta, la grandezza dell’opera letteraria del nostro benamato Tolkien che (a questo punto siamo autorizzati a pensare), credo, farà parlare di se fino alla fine dei tempi. Orbene, nel presente numero proponiamo un aggiornamento di tutte le pubblicazioni di e su Tolkien uscite negli ultimi due anni in Italia, Stati Uniti e Regno Unito. Rinnoviamo sempre l’ invito a contribuire segnalandoci eventuali titoli non presenti in elenco od altro materiale bibliografico inerente, saremo ben lieti di aggiornare la presente bibliografia con tutti i titoli che riuscirete a scovare. Il Bibliotecario Enrico Imperatori PUBBLICAZIONI ITALIANE SU TOLKIEN 2003, TOLKIEN E LA TERRA DI MEZZO; di Manni, Franco (a cura di); editore Grafo edizioni, Brescia. 2003, TOLKIEN E IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di Iannone, Luigi; 124 pp., ill., editore Controcorrente, Napoli. 2003, UN CAMMINO DI LIBERTÀ: CAMPO SCUOLA ISPIRATO AL ROMANZO "IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI" DI J. R. R. TOLKIEN; di Di Luca, Giuseppe; collana il cappello magico, 176 pp., ill., editore Paoline Editoriale Libri, Milano. 2003, LA SPIRITUALITÀ DEL «SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI»; di Fernandez, Irene; editore Edizioni ELLEDICI, Torino. 2003, TRA SAN FRANCESCO E TOLKIEN. UNA LETTURA SPIRITUALE DEL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di Spirito, Guglielmo ofm. Conv.; editore Il Cerchio Iniziative Editoriali, Rimini. 2003, L'ANELLO CHE NON TIENE: TOLKIEN FRA LETTERATURA E MISTIFICAZIONE; di Del Corso, Lucio e Paolo Pecere; 219 pp., editore Minimum Fax, Roma. 2003, TOLKIEN. UNA CREATIVITÀ PER IL VANGELO; AA.VV.; editore Edizioni Feeria, Panzano in Chianti (FI). 2003, A TAVOLA CON GLI HOBBIT; AA.VV.; di Gregorutti, Cinzia e Vassallo, Luisa; editore Àncora Editrice, Milano. 2003, DIZIONARIO DELL'UNIVERSO DI J.R.R. TOLKIEN; AA.VV. (a cura della Società Tolkieniana Italiana); editore Bompiani (Tascabili 275), Milano. 2003, LINGUE DEGLI HOBBIT, DEI NANI, DEGLI ORCHI; di Kloczko, Edouard J.; editore TRE Editori (Enciclopedia illustrata della Terra di Mezzo II), Roma. 2003, FRAMMENTI DI PENSIERO TRADIZIONALE NE IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di Bertolotti, E. e Capone, A.; editore Centro Editoriale Imperiese, Imperia. 2003, TOLKIEN: UNA CREATIVITÀ PER IL VANGELO; A cura della Comunità di San Leolino; 77 pp., ill., editore Edizioni Feeria, Panzano in Chianti (FI). 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. ARMI E BATTAGLIE; di Smith Chris; 218 pp., ill., brossura, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. CREATURE CORROTTE E MAGIE ARCANE; gioco di ruolo; 96 pp., ill., editore Twenty Five Edition, Parma. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. GIOCO DI RUOLO. GUIDA A «LA COMPAGNIA DELL'ANELLO»; gioco di ruolo; 128 pp., ill., rilegato, editore Twenty Five Edition, Parma. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. GIOCO DI RUOLO. GUIDA A «LE DUE TORRI»; di Bennie Scott; Forbeck Matt, gioco di ruolo; 128 pp., ill., rilegato, editore Twenty Five Edition, Parma. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. GOLLUM. COME ABBIAMO CREATO LA MAGIA DEL FILM; di Serkis Andy; 122 pp., ill., collana I libri di Tolkien, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. IL RITORNO DEL RE. GUIDA FOTOGRAFICA; di Brawn David; 47 pp., ill., brossura, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. IL RITORNO DEL RE. IL RACCONTO DEL FILM; di Fisher Jude; 68 pp., ill., rilegato, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. L'ARTE DE LE DUE TORRI; di Russel Gary; 192 pp., ill., rilegato, collana I libri di Tolkien, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. LO SCHERMO DEL NARRATORE; gioco di ruolo; 16 pp., editore Twenty Five Edition, Parma. 2004, GLI ANELLI DELLA FANTASIA; di Monda, Andrea e Simonelli, Saverio; editore Frassinelli (Saggistica), Milano. 2004, PAGANESIMO E CRISTIANESIMO IN TOLKIEN; di Passaro, Errico e Respinti, Marco; editore Il Minotauro, Roma. 2004, J.R.R.TOLKIEN: UBI MAIOR, MINOR CESSAT; di Di Scala, Roberto; editore Simonelli (SeBook), Milano. 2004, J.R.R. TOLKIEN: PORTFOLIO; di Daniele, Lorenzo; editore Simonelli (SeBook), Milano. 2004, «ALBERO» DI TOLKIEN; di De Turris, Gianfranco (a cura di); editore Larcher Editore (Assaggi 2), Castel Mella (Bs). 2004, TOLKIEN, LA TERRA DI MEZZO E I MITI DEL III MILLENNIO; di De Feudis, Michele (a cura di); editore L'Arco e la Corte, Bari. 2004, TOLKIENOLOGY. IL SEGRETO DELLA TUA PERSONALITÀ COI PERSONAGGI DEL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di Gnocchi, Alessandro; Gulisano, Paolo; Palmaro, Mario; editore Piemme, Alessandria. 2004, J.R.R. TOLKIEN AUTORE DEL SECOLO; di Shippey, Tom; editore Simonelli (Il piacere di raccontare), Milano. 2004, DITE "AMICI" ED ENTRATE; AA. VV.; editore Elledici (Sussidi per l'estate), Torino. 2004, LA VERITÀ SU TOLKIEN; di Mingardi, Alberto e Stagnaro, Carlo; editore Liberal edizioni, Roma. 2004, LA BATTAGLIA DI GANDALF; di Ramtha; editore Macro Edizioni (Davanti al Caminetto X), Diegaro di Cesena. 2004, LETTERATURA DEL FANTASTICO. I GIARDINI DI LORIEN; di Agnoloni, Giovanni; editore Spaziotre (Letteratura Italiana), Roma. 2004, L'ERBARIO DI TOLKIEN; di Gregorutti, Cinzia e Vassallo, Luisa; editore Àncora Editrice, Milano. 2004, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI: DA J.R.R. TOLKIEN A PETER JACKSON; di Terzuoli, Emanuele; editore Delos Books (I libri di FantasyMagazine 2), Milano. 2004, IL GRANDE CINEMA FANTASY. L'HEROIC FANTASY DAI PRIMORDI A CONAN, FINO AL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di Chiavini Roberto; Pizzo G. Filippo; Tetro Michele; 189 pp., ill., brossura, collana Gli Album, editore Gremese Editore, Roma. 2004, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. IL DUELLO; di Neugebauer Peter; editore Nexus, Lucca. 2004, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. IL RACCONTO DEI FILM; di Fisher Jude; 195 pp., ill., rilegato, 3 volumi, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2004, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. L'ARTE DE IL RITORNO DEL RE; di Russel Gary; 224 pp., ill., rilegato, collana I Libri di Tolkien, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2004, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI. L'ARTE DELLA TRILOGIA CINEMATOGRAFICA; di Russel Gary; 608 pp., ill., rilegato, 3 volumi, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2005, MITOPOIESI, FANTASIA E STORIA IN TOLKIEN, a cura di Manni Franco, Grafo Editore, Brescia, PUBBLICAZIONI ITALIANE DI TOLKIEN 2003, LO HOBBIT; di J.R.R.Tolien; illustrazioni di Alan Lee; traduzione di Elena Jeronimidis Conte, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL MEDIOEVO E IL FANTASTICO; di J.R.R.Tolien; a cura di Christopher Tolkien, edizione italiana a cura di Gianfranco de Turris; traduzione di Carlo Donà, editore Bompiani (Tascabili Bompiani 888), Milano. 2003, IL SIGNORE DEGLI ANELLI; di J.R.R.Tolien; illustrato da Alan Lee; a cura di Quirino Principe; traduzione di Vicky Alliata di Villafranca; riveduto e aggiornato dalla STI, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2003, IL CACCIATORE DI DRAGHI; di J.R.R.Tolien; traduzione di Isabella Murro, editore Mondolibri (su licenza RCS Libri), Milano. 2004, LE LETTERE DI BABBO NATALE; di J.R.R.Tolien; a cura di Baillie Tolkien e Marco Respinti, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2004, IL SILMARILLION; DI J.R.R.TOLIEN; traduzione di Francesco Saba Sardi; edizione italiana a cura di Marco Respinti, editore Bompiani, Milano. 2004, LO HOBBIT ANNOTATO; di J.R.R.Tolien; annotato da Douglas A. Anderson; traduzione di Elena Jeronimidis Conte; edizione italiana a cura di Oronzo Cilli; traduzione di note e apparati attribuita a Grazia Maria Griffini e Oronzo Cilli, editore Bompiani, Milano. PUBBLICAZIONI DEL REGNO UNITO SU TOLKIEN 2003, SECRET FIRE: THE SPIRITUAL VISION OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN; di Caldecott, Stratford; 160 pp., editore Darton Longman & Todd, Londra. 2003, TOLKIEN: A LOOK BEHIND THE LORD OF THE RINGS; di Carter, Lin; edizione aggiornata di Adam Roberts, 188 pp., editore Gollancz, Londra. 2003, TOLKIEN'S WORLD: MYTHOLOGICAL SOURCES OF 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS'; di Day, David; 192 pp., ill., editore Mitchell Beazley, Londra. 2003, TOLKIEN AND THE GREAT WAR: THE THRESHOLD OF MIDDLE-EARTH; di Garth, John; 398 pp., editore HarperCollinsPublishers, Londra. 2003, THE ORIGINS OF TOLKIEN'S MIDDLE-EARTH FOR DUMMIES; di Harvey, Greg; 338 pp., editore John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 2003, J.R.R. TOLKIEN: A BIOGRAPHY; di Jones, Leslie Ellen; 156 pp., Biography Series, editore Greenwood Press, Londra. 2003, THE TOLKIEN QUIZ BOOK; di Murray, Andrew; edizione riveduta e ampliata, 160 pp., editore HarperCollins, Londra. 2003, THE MAPS OF TOLKIEN'S MIDDLE-EARTH; di Sibley, Brian; edizione speciale, Illustrated by John Howe, 80 pp., ill., editore HarperCollins, Londra. 2003, THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS; di Simpson, Paul; 320 pp., ill., editore Rough Guides, Londra. 2003, TOLKIEN THE MEDIEVALIST; Edited by Jane Chance; 295 ppp., serie Routledge Research in Medieval Religion and Culture n°3., editore Routledge, Londra. 2003, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: GOLLUM; di Serkis, Andy and Gary Russell; 112 pp., ill., editore Collins, Londra. 2003, THE LORD OF THE RINGS. THE RETURN OF THE KING: WEAPONS AND WARFARE; di Smith, Chris, 208 pp., ill., editore HarperCollins, Londra. 2003, THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE PORTFOLIO; di Vinet, Pierre; 96 pp., editore HarperCollins, Londra. 2003, TOLKIEN AND C.S. LEWIS: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP; di Duriez, Colin; 256 pp., editore Sutton Publishing, Stroud. 2003, REALM OF THE RING LORDS: THE ANCIENT LEGACY OF THE RING AND THE GRAIL; di Laurence Gardner, Paperback, HarperCollins, London. 2003, THE PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO J.R.R. TOLKIEN; di Erica Challis (Editor), Paperback, Open Road Publishing, London.
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