title: Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien
author:  Janet Brennan Croft 
description: "[..] an invaluable book that should put to rest persistent clich&#233;s about women in Tolkien's work and life. Presenting both classic and new assessments, [it] makes the case that Tolkien scholarship not only has a past that should be acknowledged but also a present in which critics are examining issues relating to women, gender, power, and readership in nuanced and complex ways."<br>-- Anna Smol, "Gender in Tolkien's Works" and "Sexuality in Tolkien's Works" in <i>The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia</i><br /><br /><div>"...remarkable for its inclusion of both classic and new articles focused on women in Tolkien's life and work, demonstrating the ongoing vigor of this vein of Tolkien criticism. [T]he classic essays ... come to life not as artifacts but as part of an evolving exploration of themes at the core of Tolkien's work and world. These essays focus not only on women, both actual and fictional, but with the &quot;feminine&quot; more broadly."</div><div>-- Yvette Kisor, "Embodiment, Incorporeality, and Transformation in Tolkien's Middle-earth" in <i>The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium</i></div><div></div>
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  Perilous and Fair:
  
  
  Women in the Works and Life  
  of J. R. R. Tolkien
  
  
  Edited by
  
  
  Janet Brennan Croft  
  and Leslie A. Donovan
  
  
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