The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology

<p> At the 2013 "Celebrating <I> The Hobbit</I>" conference at Valparaiso University--marking the 75th anniversary of the book's publication and the first installment of Peter Jackson's <I>Hobbit</I> movies--two plenary papers were presented: "Anchoring the Myth: The Impact of <I>The Hobbit</I> on Tolkien's <I>Legendarium</I>" by John D. Rateliff provided numerous examples of <I>The Hobbit</I>'s influence on Tolkien's <I>leg