Index:Unpublished material
From Tolkien Gateway
This is a list of known Unpublished material by J.R.R. Tolkien. For a list of Tolkien's published writings, see Writings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Note 1: Entries which have no article of their own carry references, otherwise references are found under each article.
- Note 2: Material which is only rumoured (i.e., where no reference has been found in a reliable published source), questionable, disputed, or similiar, are enclosed with parentheses.
Essays, Notes, and Lectures
- "The Beginnings of English Poetry" (talk to the Oxford High School for Girls)[1]
- "Celts and Teutons"
- "Concerning ... The Hoard" and "Kinship of the Half-elven"
- Critique of "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweler"
- Cushing Memorial Library and Archives collection
- Diplomatarium Islandicum manuscripts
- Elvish time (partially published)
- Essay concerning Smith of Wootton Major (partially published)
- "Francis Thompson" - paper on Francis Thompson, presented to the Exeter College Essay Club. (partially published)[2]
- Lecture on Dragons (partially published)
- Manuscript notes in Dictionary in Englysshe and Welshe
- (Notes in Cairo Studies in English)
- Notes in Tolkien's copy of Songs for the Philologists (held at the Marquette University; annotations in pencil)[3]
- (Notes in Specimens Of Early English)
- Notes on etymology of 'Lydney'
- Notes on James Joyce
- Númenórean religion
- Papers relating to "English and Welsh"
- Review (written ca. 1934-1935) of "the Devonshire volumes published by the English Place-Name Society in 1931 and 1932".[4]
- "The Ulsterior Motive"
Fiction and Poetry
- The End of Bovadium
- The King of the Green Dozen
- The Orgog
- Poem for Rosalind Ramage
- Sellic Spell
- Tales and Songs of Bimble Bay
- (Unknown "alliterative poem")
- "The Brothers in Arms" (or "The Brothers-in-Arms")[5]
- "Companions of the Rose"[6]
- "Completorium"[6]
- "Copernicus and Ptolemy" (or "Copernicus v. Ptolemy")[6]
- "The Dale-lands"[6]
- "From the many-willow'd margin of the immemorial Thames (second stanza) [add note in article]
- "The Grimness of the Sea" [add note in article]
- "The Horns of the Host of Doriath"[7]
- "Magna Dei Gloria"[8]
- "Tol Erresëa" [add note in article]
Letters
Linguistics (invented languages)
- (athelas/asëa etymology (1970s))
- Book of the Foxrook (partially published)
- Common Eldarin pronominal elements (grammatical description; partially published)[9][note 1]
- Discussion of Quenya demonstrative and relative pronouns (partially published; dating from the 1940s)[10]
- "Homophonic stems" (partially published; ca. 1968, typescript text)[11]
- "Lyenna" inscription (1968)
- Mágol
- "Late essay", ca. 1966-70 (partially published)
- Noldorin Grammar[12]
- Pronominal endings (1950s)[13]
- Specimens of Tolkien's invented languages in tengwar-type script from the 1930s (might appear in "future issues of Parma Eldalamberon")[14]
- (Taliska)
Miscellaneous
- Cigar bill (3 March 1972)
- Collection at the University of Leeds (includes letter Arthur Ransome 15 December 1937 and transcriptions into Tengwar of parts of this and Ransome's letter)[15][16]
- Collection of Simonne d'Ardenne (includes letters, lecture notes, etc.; only a tengwar inscription from the collection published)[17]
- The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien (partially published)
- English to Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- "A few minor items" related to the Father Christmas letters ("verso inscriptions", "a couple of plainer envelopes ... and a couple of brief notes")[18]
- "Index questions" (Glossary-index) (partially published)
- Oxford University visitor's page
- "The Sword of the Stone manuscript"
Translations and Editions
- Beowulf
- the "Clarendon Chaucer"
- "Gunnar's End". [Translation of brief passage from the Norse Atlakviða into Old English verse.][19]
- The Owl and the Nightingale
- Pwyll Prince of Dyved
- (Die Walküre)
Notes
- ↑ This manuscript appears to be included with the published "Quenya Pronominal Elements" (cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Five Late Quenya Volitive Inscriptions" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 50).
References
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 19 May 2012)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Douglas A. Anderson, (ed.), (2002) The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition, p. 205
- ↑ Dimitra Fimi, Post at The Tolkien Society page, dated 17 May 2013 at Facebook (accessed 17 May 2013)
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 172
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 842
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 843
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 848
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 850
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 14
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets", in Parma Eldalamberon XVI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, Carl F. Hostetter and Bill Welden), pp. 96-7
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 14
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 44
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The 'Túrin Wrapper'" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 50, March 2013, p. 21
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Qenya Alphabet", in Parma Eldalamberon XX (edited by Arden R. Smith), p. 5
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, pp. 207-8
- ↑ "Tolkien: "Sales are not very great"" dated 16 October 2012, University of Leeds (accessed 21 October 2012)
- ↑ Nathalie Kotowski, "Letter to the Editor", in Vinyar Tengwar 23 (1992), p. 16
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, "The ‘Father Christmas’ Letters (comments section)" dated 21 November 2012, Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 24 March 2013)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 847