Letter to Michael George Tolkien (16 September 1965)
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)