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J.R.R. Tolkien : a biography.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, (c)2000.Edition: first Houghton Mifflin pbk. editionDescription: 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780618057023
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR6039 .J778 2000
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Contents:
Birmingham -- "Private-lang."-and Edith -- "T.C., B.S., etc." -- Oxford -- Reunion -- War -- The breaking of the fellowship
Oxford interlude -- Northern venture
Photographs observed -- "He had been inside language" -- Jack -- Northmoor Road -- The storyteller
"The new Hobbit"
A big risk -- Cash or kudos
Bournemouth -- Merton Street
Appendix B: Chronology of events -- Appendix C: The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Appendix D: Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject: A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work.
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A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part one: A visit.

Part two: 1892-1916: Early years.

Bloemfontein -- Birmingham -- "Private-lang."-and Edith -- "T.C., B.S., etc." -- Oxford -- Reunion -- War -- The breaking of the fellowship

Part three: 1917-1925: The making of a mythology.

Lost Tales -- Oxford interlude -- Northern venture

Part four 1925-1949(i): "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit".

Oxford life -- Photographs observed -- "He had been inside language" -- Jack -- Northmoor Road -- The storyteller

Part five: 1925-1949(ii): The Third Age.

Enter Mr Baggins -- "The new Hobbit"

Part six: 1949-1966: Success.

Slamming the gates -- A big risk -- Cash or kudos

Part seven: 1959-1973: Last years.

Headington -- Bournemouth -- Merton Street

Part eight: The Tree.

APPENDICES.

Appendix A: Simplified genealogical table -- Appendix B: Chronology of events -- Appendix C: The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Appendix D: Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.

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