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On [[5 March]] [[1964]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to Mrs Eileen Elgar'''. | |||
*'''Contents:''' The letter is a reply to Mrs Elgar's questions concerning some poems from ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil|The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book]]''. Tolkien also encloses the manuscripts [[Concerning ... 'The Hoard']] and [[Kinship of the Half-elven]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 617</ref><ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], [http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=234549&PID=7245407 Forum post 13/Aug/2010 at 5:53pm], at [http://www.lotrplaza.com Lotrplaza.com], as of 22 August 2010</ref> | *'''Contents:''' The letter is a reply to Mrs Elgar's questions concerning some poems from ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil|The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book]]''. Tolkien also encloses the manuscripts [[Concerning ... 'The Hoard']] and [[Kinship of the Half-elven]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 617</ref><ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], [http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=234549&PID=7245407 Forum post 13/Aug/2010 at 5:53pm], at [http://www.lotrplaza.com Lotrplaza.com], as of 22 August 2010</ref> | ||
*'''Publication:''' Reproduced in ''[[Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984]]''. An excerpt from the letter, concerning the poem "[[Fastitocalon (poem)|Fastitocalon]]", was published as [[letter 255]] in ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''. | *'''Publication:''' Reproduced in ''[[Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984]]''. An excerpt from the letter, concerning the poem "[[Fastitocalon (poem)|Fastitocalon]]", was published as [[letter 255]] in ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Eileen Elgar | *[[Letter to Eileen Elgar (September 1963)]] | ||
*[[Eileen Elgar 24 December 1971]] | *[[Letter to Eileen Elgar (24 December 1971)]] | ||
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[[Category:Letters|Elgar, Eileen (1964-03-05)]] | [[Category:Letters|Elgar, Eileen (1964-03-05)]] |
Revision as of 11:35, 30 May 2014
On 5 March 1964, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Mrs Eileen Elgar.
- Contents: The letter is a reply to Mrs Elgar's questions concerning some poems from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book. Tolkien also encloses the manuscripts Concerning ... 'The Hoard' and Kinship of the Half-elven.[1][2]
- Publication: Reproduced in Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984. An excerpt from the letter, concerning the poem "Fastitocalon", was published as letter 255 in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
See also
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 617
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, Forum post 13/Aug/2010 at 5:53pm, at Lotrplaza.com, as of 22 August 2010