Cover
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments and Permissions
Abbreviations for Works by Tolkien
Introduction
Chapter One: Tolkien and the "Fundamental Literary Dilemma
Chapter Two: Great Matters Grown Dim: The Allusive Web of the Last Alliance
Chapter Three: "Strange Lumber": Faded Tradition in the Túrin Saga
Chapter Four: A Portrait of the Poet as a Young Man: Omission in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
Chapter Five: Destroying Magic, Kindling Fire: Untold Tales and Tolkien's Legacy
Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index.