Michael D. C. Drout writes and edits scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, Old English literature, medieval studies and the languages and traditions behind modern fantasy. He edited the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, a broad reference work covering Tolkien's texts, languages, influences, reception and scholarly contexts. Tolkien's Prose Style examines features of Tolkien's sentence structure, rhetoric and narrative voice rather than focusing only on plot or invented history, while Drout's wider work on Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon literature helps explain the medieval background relevant to Tolkien's scholarship. His writing is academic but generally clear, making individual essays and reference entries useful for readers moving beyond introductory Tolkien criticism. His work fits Tolkien studies, medievalism, Old English and literary linguistics. Read more Less
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