Dear all,

I am a graduate student in medieval languages & book history and am
currently working on Tolkien language scholarship from a reception
studies perspective. I was hoping to pose a couple questions which
perhaps you have thought about yourselves.

Namely, would you consider yourself and your work part of a larger
Tolkien readership community? Part of an even larger fantasy
readership community? What about Tolkien fan communities?

How would you characterize yourself vis-a-vis Tolkien studies? Would
you consider yourself mainly a fan? An enthusiast? A scholar? Or an
author in your own right?

How does composing in Quenya or debating niceties of Tolkienian
linguistics affect your relationship to the JRRT corpus?

These are a couple examples. I would immensely appreciate hearing
any thoughts & if anyone would be willing to fill out a more in-depth
survey for me, please email me at anna.dysert@....

[Please reply to Ms. Dysert directly, not on the list. Ms. Dysert, when you have
finished your study, feel free to report the results to the list. CFH]