Subject Guides: THEO 4401 Inklings (Selected): Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Inklings

Duriez. Inklings handbook: a comprehensive guide to the lives, thought, and writings of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and their friends. Chalice Press, 2001. REF PR478.I54 D87 2001.

Duriez. The A-Z of C. S. Lewis: an encyclopedia of his life, thought, and writings. Lion Hudson, 2013. REF PR6023 .E926 Z64278 2013.
A "substantially updated version" of The C. S. Lewis encyclopedia of 2000.
Ford. Companion to Narnia: a complete guide to the magical world of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Rev. ed. HarperSanFrancisco, 2005 [1980]. REF PR6023 .E926 C533 2005.
C. S. Lewis readers' encyclopedia. Ed. Schultz & West. Zondervan, 1998. REF PR6023.E926 Z459 1998.
Hooper. C. S. Lewis: a companion and guide. HarperCollins, 1996. PR6023 .E926 Z676 1996.
The sections organized alphabetically are "Key ideas" (pp. 549 ff.), "Who's Who" (pp. 615 ff.), and "What's what" (pp. 745 ff.). But see also "Chronology" and "Writings".

Dizionario dell’universo di J. R. R. Tolkien. Ed. Società Tolkeniana Italiana. Bompiani, 2016.
447 pp. Not available via Summit.
Schneidewind. Das neue grosse Tolkien-Lexikon. Conte Verlag, 2016.
803 pp. Not available via Summit.
Fisher. "Encyclopedia of Arda."
Dictionnaire Tolkien. Ed. Ferré. CNRS Editions, 2012.
xiii + 669 pp. Not available via Summit.
Ruud. Critical companion to J. R. R. Tolkien: a literary reference to his life and work. Facts on File, 2011.
J. R. R. Tolkien encyclopedia: scholarship and critical assessment. Ed. Drout. Routledge, 2007. REF PR6039 .O32 Z664 2007.
Scull & Hammond. The J. R. R. Tolkien companion and guide. Vol. 2: Reader's guide. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. On order.
REF PR6039 .O32Z833 2006b
Tyler. Complete Tolkien companion. 3rd ed. Thomas Dunne; St. Martin's Press, 2004. REF PR6039.O32 Z459 2004.
Foster. Complete guide to Middle Earth: Tolkien's world from A to Z. Ballantine Books, 2003. Summit.
Duriez. Tolkien and Middle Earth handbook. Monarch, 1992. Summit.
Day. Tolkien: the illustrated encyclopedia. Macmillan, 1991. REF PR6039 .O322 Z634 1991.