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J.R.R. Tolkien : a biography.

By:

Carpenter, Humphrey [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780618057023

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LOC classification:

PR6039.C295.J778 2000

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	PR6039.C295.J778 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002064703

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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