The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide, Volumen 2Houghton Mifflin, 2006 - 1256 páginas Designed to be the essential reference works for all readers and students, these volumes present the most thorough analysis possible of Tolkien's work within the important context of his life. The Reader's Guide includes brief but comprehensive alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics, including a who's who of important persons, a guide to places and institutions, details concerning Tolkien's source material, information about the political and social upheavals through which the author lived, the importance of his social circle, his service as an infantryman in World War I -- even information on the critical reaction to his work and the "Tolkien cult."The Chronology details the parallel evolutions of Tolkien's works and his academic and personal life in minute detail. Spanning the entirety of his long life including nearly sixty years of active labor on his Middle-earth creations, and drawing on such contemporary sources as school records, war service files, biographies, correspondence, the letters of his close friend C. S. Lewis, and the diaries of W. H. Lewis, this book will be an invaluable resource for those who wish |
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... Rayner Unwin , suggested instead that it be fleshed out with other occasional verses ' , ' to make a book and not a pamphlet ' ( letters , 11 October and 2 November 1961 , Tolkien - George Allen & Unwin archive , HarperCollins ) ...
... Rayner Unwin , suggested instead that it be fleshed out with other occasional verses ' , ' to make a book and not a pamphlet ' ( letters , 11 October and 2 November 1961 , Tolkien - George Allen & Unwin archive , HarperCollins ) ...
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... Unwin archive , HarperCollins ] Rayner quickly replied , asking to see a copy of the complete Lord of the Rings to ' give us a chance to refresh our memories and get a definite idea of the best treatment for it ' . The capital outlay ...
... Unwin archive , HarperCollins ] Rayner quickly replied , asking to see a copy of the complete Lord of the Rings to ' give us a chance to refresh our memories and get a definite idea of the best treatment for it ' . The capital outlay ...
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... Rayner , is an interesting lesson in the nuances of methods of address . In 1937 Tolkien wrote to ' Dear Mr Unwin ' and signed himself ' J.R.R. Tolkien ' ; Stanley Unwin replied to ' Dear Professor Tolkien ' . During 1944 they wrote to ...
... Rayner , is an interesting lesson in the nuances of methods of address . In 1937 Tolkien wrote to ' Dear Mr Unwin ' and signed himself ' J.R.R. Tolkien ' ; Stanley Unwin replied to ' Dear Professor Tolkien ' . During 1944 they wrote to ...
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide: Reader's guide Christina Scull,Wayne G. Hammond No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2006 |
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Boxed Set Wayne G. Hammond No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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