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*'''Publication:''' [[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] published a description of the letter in their [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide|''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology'']] (p. 644). Quotes from the letter have appeared in Michael Tolkien's transcript of his lecture delivered at the [[Wikipedia:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]] (section 14).<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Tolkien (b. 1943)|Michael George Tolkien]]|articleurl=http://www.michaeltolkien.com/page74.html|articlename=Lecture on J.R.R. Tolkien given to the University of St. Andrews Science Fiction and Fantasy Society on 2nd May, 1989|dated=|website=[http://www.michaeltolkien.com/index.html MichaelTolkien.com]|accessed=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology_by_date.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology · Arranged by Date|dated=|website=HS|accessed=30 December 2011}}</ref> | *'''Publication:''' [[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] published a description of the letter in their [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide|''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology'']] (p. 644). Quotes from the letter have appeared in Michael Tolkien's transcript of his lecture delivered at the [[Wikipedia:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]] (section 14).<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Tolkien (b. 1943)|Michael George Tolkien]]|articleurl=http://www.michaeltolkien.com/page74.html|articlename=Lecture on J.R.R. Tolkien given to the University of St. Andrews Science Fiction and Fantasy Society on 2nd May, 1989|dated=|website=[http://www.michaeltolkien.com/index.html MichaelTolkien.com]|accessed=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology_by_date.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology · Arranged by Date|dated=|website=HS|accessed=30 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
*'''Archive:''' British Library, MS Add. 71657.<ref name=C/> | *'''Archive:''' British Library, MS Add. 71657.<ref name=C/> | ||
==Excerp== | |||
"....I enjoyed having a letter from you as much as anything. I | |||
am sorry my Gawayne and Pearl will not be in time to assist you (if | |||
indeed they would): largely owing ... to my discovering many minor points about WORDS .... which lead me off." {Then speaking in some detail about the translation process and its expected audience he ends:-} "But truthfully it is, I suppose, just a private amusement." {He then suggests I might like to read 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son and its accompanying essay and says:} "I am glad you like the earlier literature and I hope you will be rewarded for your work by worthy examiners .... I have you much in heart and thought .." | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 6 March 2014
Michael George Tolkien 16 September 1965 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to his grandson Michael George Tolkien, written on 16 September 1965.[1]
- Subject(s): Ace Books, personal life.
- Publication: Hammond and Scull published a description of the letter in their The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology (p. 644). Quotes from the letter have appeared in Michael Tolkien's transcript of his lecture delivered at the University of St Andrews (section 14).[2][3]
- Archive: British Library, MS Add. 71657.[1]
Excerp
"....I enjoyed having a letter from you as much as anything. I am sorry my Gawayne and Pearl will not be in time to assist you (if indeed they would): largely owing ... to my discovering many minor points about WORDS .... which lead me off." {Then speaking in some detail about the translation process and its expected audience he ends:-} "But truthfully it is, I suppose, just a private amusement." {He then suggests I might like to read 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son and its accompanying essay and says:} "I am glad you like the earlier literature and I hope you will be rewarded for your work by worthy examiners .... I have you much in heart and thought .."
See also
- Michael George Tolkien 24 April 1957
- Michael George Tolkien 6 January 1965
- Michael George Tolkien 30 October 1965
- Michael George Tolkien 29 July 1966
- Michael George Tolkien 7 January 1970
- Michael George Tolkien 30 January 1972
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 644
- ↑ Michael George Tolkien, "Lecture on J.R.R. Tolkien given to the University of St. Andrews Science Fiction and Fantasy Society on 2nd May, 1989", MichaelTolkien.com (accessed 30 December 2011)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology · Arranged by Date", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 30 December 2011)
