CHAPTER 2: PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRIES
CHAPTER 3: THE BOURGEOIS BURGLAR
CHAPTER 4: A CARTOGRAPHIC PLOT
CHAPTER 5: INTERLACEMENTS AND THE RING
CHAPTER 6: ‘WHEN ALL OUR FATHERS WORSHIPPED STOCKS AND STONES’
CHAPTER 7: VISIONS AND REVISIONS
CHAPTER 8: ‘ON THE COLD HILL’S SIDE’
CHAPTER 9: ‘THE COURSE OF ACTUAL COMPOSITION’
APPENDIX A: TOLKIEN’S SOURCES: THE TRUE TRADITION
APPENDIX B: FOUR ‘ASTERISK’ POEMS
APPENDIX C: PETER JACKSON’S FILM VERSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ABBREVIATIONS