Patrick Curry is a Canadian-born writer and scholar who lives in London. He holds a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from University College London, an M.Sc. from the LSE, and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has been a Lecturer at the University of Kent and at Bath Spa University. He is the author of Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity, rev edn (2004), Ecological Ethics: An Introduction, rev. ed (2017), Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life (2019) and most recently Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works (2023). He is Editor-in Chief of The Ecological Citizen (http://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/) and an Advisor to the Center for Climate Literacy and to Population Matters. He is also a Companion of the Guild of St George (an educational charity inspired by John Ruskin). More information can be found on www.patrickcurry.co.uk
Tolkien-related bibliography:
(2026) 'Tree by Tolkien', in Rachel Falconer, Thomas Honegger, Christine Lötscher and Lukas Ritzel (eds), Environmentalism in Tolkien's World. Ecocritical Perspectives on Middle-earth, Cormarë Series 58 (Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Publishers).
(2024) A review of 'The Rings of Power', series 2, co-authored with Alf Seegert, in Endòre 27; in English: http://www.patrickcurry.co.uk/papers/Review%20of%20RoP%202%208%20Nov%202024.pdf
(2022) 'The Critical Response to Tolkien's Fiction', in Stuart D. Lee (ed.), A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien, rev. edn (Chichester: Wiley Blackwell): 355-376.
(2015) 'Patrick Curry interview with Tom Shippey', Journal of Tolkien Research 2:1:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=journaloftolkienresearch
(2015) Review of Helen O'Briain and Gerard Hynes (eds), J.R.R. Tolkien: The Forest and the City (Dublin: Four Courts Press Ltd., 2013) in Tolkien Studies 7: 189-96.
(2014) Deep Roots in a Time of Frost: Essays on Tolkien (Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Books).
(2012) Review of Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (eds), The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Books,) in Endòre 16; http://review.walking-tree.org/?book=cormare26&published_in=endore&rev_lang=en&lang=en&openmenuitems=revi
(2010) 'On Reading Tolkien', an essay for the Plaza-Scholars Forum;
http://www.patrickcurry.co.uk/papers/Plaza-Scholars%20Forum%20piece.pdf
(2008) 'Enchantment in Tolkien and Middle-earth', in Stratford Caldecott and Thomas Honegger (eds.), Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration (Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Books): 99-112.
(2008) 'Iron Crown, Iron Cage: Tolkien and Weber on Modernity and Enchantment', in Eduardo Segura (ed.), Myth and Magic: Art according to the Inklings (Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Books): 99-108.
(2007) Seven entries in Michael C. Drout (ed.), The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment (London and New York: Routledge, 2007).
(2007) Review of Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans, Ents, Elves and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2006) in Tolkien Studies 4: 238-44.
(2007) Review of Robert Eaglestone (ed.), Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic (London: Continuum) in Tolkien Studies 4: 297-302.
(2004) Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity, rev. edn (Boston: Houghton Mifflin).
(2004) 'Middle-earth', in Bron Taylor and Jeffrey Kaplan (eds.), Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (New York: Continuum International): 1092-93.
(2000) 'Defending Middle-Earth', Laurence Coupe (ed.), The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism to Ecocriticism (London: Routledge): 282-287.
(1999) 'Tolkien and his Critics: A Critique', in Thomas Honegger (ed.), Root and Branch: Approaches Towards Understanding Tolkien (Zurich/Berne: Walking Tree): 81-150.
(1999) 'Modernity in Middle-earth', in Joseph Pearce (ed.), Tolkien: A Celebration (London: HarperCollins): 34-39.
