Janet B Croft

Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan

Avoid legal consequences in your library by knowing copyright law! Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan guides you through the process of developing policies to protect you, your library, and your patrons. The book examines the philosophy and regul...

Everything Good That I Know I Learned From Women (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

This story is a wonderful introduction to the work of Mexican writer Tryno Maldonado, in an elegant and agile English rendition by American translator and critic Janet Hendrickson. In thirteen bursts of affable and appealing prose, “Everything Good That I Know I Learned from Women” manages to inter...

War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Having participated in the First World War, and having seen two of his sons serve in the Second, Tolkien was concerned with many of the same themes that interested other writers in the post-war period. The rhythm of war flows through his writings, but his own interpretation of the themes, symbols, a...

Tolkien And Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes And Language (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have more in common than one might expect. These e...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Lois McMaster Bujold has won a shelf full of awards--Hugos, Nebulas, and others--for both her science fiction and fantasy writing. She is one of the most respected names in the field, always delivering polished, thoughtful, and well-crafted writing. She consistently addresses great issues and proble...

Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey

Widely considered one of the leading experts on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Thomas Alan Shippey has informed and enlightened a generation of Tolkien scholars and fans. In this collection, friends and colleagues honor Shippey with 15 essays that reflect their mentor's research interests, methods of ...

Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien

Since the earliest scholarship on The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, critics have discussed how the works of J. R. R. Tolkien seem either to ignore women or to place them on unattainable pedestals. To remedy such claims that Tolkien’s fiction has nothing useful or modern to say about women,...

Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings.

This collection of essays addresses various aspects of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings including scriptwriting and the creative process, the place of the films in cinematic history, gender roles in the films and the books, wisdom and councils, hobbits and heroism,...

War and the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkein And Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes And Language

Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan

Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan

Willingham-By-Stow: An Historical Summary for the Millennium Celebration, 2000 AD Pictures, Memories, and Research Donated by Villages