TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carpenter,Humphrey
TI  - J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography
SN  - 9780618057023
AV  - PR6039 .J778 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin
KW  - Tolkien, J. R. R.
KW  - Fantasy literature
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Biography
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
ER  -