John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892 and raised in England after his mother brought him home at age three. Orphaned before he was thirteen — his mother died a devout Catholic convert — Tolkien went on to study Old and Middle English, Germanic languages, Welsh, and Finnish at Oxford. He graduated in 1915, married Edith Bratt before shipping out to the Western Front, and fought in the Battle of the Somme. Nearly all of his closest friends were killed. He contrac...
The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Synopsis
A selection of more than 350 letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1914 and 1973, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien. The collection spans correspondence with family members, publishers, readers, his son Christopher, and artist Pauline Baynes, touching on the construction of Middle-earth, the theology of his mythology, the writing of The Lord of the Rings, and his views on literature, war, industry, and religion. For readers who want to understand how Tolkien thought — about his work, his faith, his sources, and the relationship between fantasy and truth — the letters are indispensable. Several contain extended passages of sub-creative theory that read as companion essays to 'On Fairy-Stories.'
Vibe
Genres
Subjects
Places
Edition
The letters of J.R.R. TolkienUnknown, 2000
502 pages
Houghton Mifflin CompanyLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97806180569965 editions available
