Research Paper on Middle Earth

[Mithrandir]

Im doing a research paper on Middle Earth really existed? my answer is no, now I have to proof that, I was wondering if anyone could help me find (or know of) a newspaper and magazine article about the subject

Thank you
Help is much appreciated

[Periantari Andruil]

I would imagine that ME didn't really exist because Tolkien wrote it to be a mythological account of how he thought the world came into being... Middle Earth is just a figment of the Professor's creative imagination ;)
You can find proof, i think, by reading Tolkien's Letters or his biography.... perhaps he elaborates on his make-believe land in those two sources. Also, if you want description of ME, the early formations are described in the Silmarillion. Also, you can see if you can use the Middle Earth Atlas as a source too.

Hope that helps. :thumbs: Good luck =)

[Mithrandir]

Thanks a lot, do you know the names of teh actual books?

[Periantari Andruil]

"The Letters of JRR Tolkien" Edited by Humphrey Carpenter
"JRR Tolkien: A Biography" By Humphrey Carpenter.
"The Middle Earth Atlas" by Karen Wynn Fonstad
All can be found published by Houghton MIfflin. (not totally sure aobut the Middle Earth Atlas though)

Also, if you mean whether or not ME existed as a manifestation of lands before, I think Tolkien imagined it to be kind of like how Europe many thousands of years ago.... how it was before all the development was done upon the land by humans. Certainly, it has been said that New Zealand is Middle Earth =)

[Mithrandir]

Really appreciate that,
How's about any magazine and/or newspaper articles?

[Periantari Andruil]

Not sure about newspaper articles.. i remember reading somewhere how he got inspired for writing about the Mines of Moria but do not remember the source... what specifically do you want the magazine/newspaper to cover in terms of his influence or how Middle Earth is described?

[Mithrandir]

i got a newspaper article, i found it, now i need a magazine article :(

Im looking for the origins of ME

Hey, do you know any magazines names (Time, etc) taht I might be able to look on?

Sorry I tripled posted, but
"Tolkien and the Great War" is a great book that can help me in this, I found it myself :p http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2UAPVBHAO7&isbn=0618331298&itm=5

[Periantari Andruil]

Triple posting easily fixed :thumbs:

i'm glad you found that book "Tolkien and the Great War"..i've heard that it's a really good read... ::going to read that after "Letters of JRR Tolkien"::
magazines... i'm not sure... if i find anything, i'll let you know =)

[Mithrandir]

Thanks a lot, but I got it all, my teacher has access to Barry's University Internet database (here in Miami) and she helped me find the magazine article, regarding newspaper article here's one my teacher let me do:

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sfl-bkmabebatesdec14,0,1055884.column?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

Is an article from the Sun Sentinel here in South FL

[Fallen Shadow]

Middle-Earth only existed in Tolkien's mind. It was never a real rhelm.

It's only fantasy.