The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien - Revision history

Morgan: Added entry

2013-04-13T12:52:04Z

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	*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>
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		+	*'''January [[1913]]:''' Tolkien start keeping a diary (entitled "JRRT and [[Edith Tolkien\|EMB]] in account together, [[Wikipedia:Ad maiorem Dei gloriam\|AMDG]]") of how many hours he works and, in red ink, his performance of religious duties.<ref>{{CG\|C}}, p. 36</ref>

	*'''[[1 January\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>		*'''[[1 January\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>

J.R.R. Tolkien: Added information

2012-08-27T17:24:30Z

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	*'''[[1926]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien wrote "''his diary from 1926 to 1933''" in the alphabet 'Quenyatic'/'Feanorian']<ref name=Biography/>		*'''[[1926]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien wrote "''his diary from 1926 to 1933''" in the alphabet 'Quenyatic'/'Feanorian']<ref name=Biography/>
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		+	*'''1926:''' [As part of a summary of events of 1925, Tolkien writes:] "''The Tale of '[[Roverandom]]', written to amuse [[John Tolkien\|John]] (and myself as it grew) got done''."<ref>{{HM\|R}}, "Introduction", p. x</ref>
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		+	*'''?1920s-1930s:''' [On [[C.S. Lewis]]]: "''Friendship with Lewis compensates for much, and besides giving constant pleasure and comfort has done me much good from the contact with a man at once honest, brave, intellectual - a scholar, a poet, and a philosopher - and a lover, at least after a long pilgrimage, of Our Lord.''"<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''?1930s:''' [On [[Christopher Tolkien]]:] "''a nervy, irritable, cross-grained, self-tormenting, cheeky person. Yet there is something intensely lovable about him, to me at any rate, from the very similarity between us''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''?1930s:''' [On [[Christopher Tolkien]]:] "''a nervy, irritable, cross-grained, self-tormenting, cheeky person. Yet there is something intensely lovable about him, to me at any rate, from the very similarity between us''"<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''[[1933]]:''' [On the occasion of driving his family to visit relatives in Birmingham:] "''I pass over the pangs to me of passing through Hall Green - become a huge tram-ridden meaningless suburb, where I actually lost my way - and eventually down what is left of beloved lanes of childhood, and past the very gate of our cottage, now in the midst of a sea of new red-brick. The old mill still stands, and Mrs Hunt's still sticks out into the road as it turns uphill; but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where the bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is now a dangerous crossing alive with motors and red lights. The White Ogre's house (which the children were excited to see) is become a petrol station, and most of Short Avenue and the elms between it and the crossing have gone. How I envy those whose precious early scenery has not been exposed to such violent and peculiarly hideous change.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''[[1933]]:''' [On the occasion of driving his family to visit relatives in Birmingham:] "''I pass over the pangs to me of passing through Hall Green - become a huge tram-ridden meaningless suburb, where I actually lost my way - and eventually down what is left of beloved lanes of childhood, and past the very gate of our cottage, now in the midst of a sea of new red-brick. The old mill still stands, and Mrs Hunt's still sticks out into the road as it turns uphill; but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where the bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is now a dangerous crossing alive with motors and red lights. The White Ogre's house (which the children were excited to see) is become a petrol station, and most of Short Avenue and the elms between it and the crossing have gone. How I envy those whose precious early scenery has not been exposed to such violent and peculiarly hideous change.''"<ref name=Biography/>
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−	*'''?1920s-1930s:''' [On [[C.S. Lewis]]]: "''Friendship with Lewis compensates for much, and besides giving constant pleasure and comfort has done me much good from the contact with a man at once honest, brave, intellectual - a scholar, a poet, and a philosopher - and a lover, at least after a long pilgrimage, of Our Lord.''"<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''August [[1955]]''': [Notes on his visit to Italy with [[Priscilla Tolkien\|Priscilla]]:] : "''Venice seemed incredibly, elvishly lovely''"<ref name=Biography/>; "''contrary to legend and my belief, Italians ... dislike exaggeration, superlatives, and adjectives of excessive praise. But they seem to answer to colour and poetic expression, if justified.''"<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Reader's Guide'', p. 469</ref>		*'''August [[1955]]''': [Notes on his visit to Italy with [[Priscilla Tolkien\|Priscilla]]:] : "''Venice seemed incredibly, elvishly lovely''"<ref name=Biography/>; "''contrary to legend and my belief, Italians ... dislike exaggeration, superlatives, and adjectives of excessive praise. But they seem to answer to colour and poetic expression, if justified.''"<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Reader's Guide'', p. 469</ref>
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	*'''[[1968]]-[[1971]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien kept a diary "''for a brief time during [the] Bournemouth years''".]<ref name=Biography/>		*'''[[1968]]-[[1971]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien kept a diary "''for a brief time during [the] Bournemouth years''".]<ref name=Biography/>

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Mith: Re-linked January 1

2011-06-07T18:59:50Z

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	==Contents==		==Contents==

−	*'''[[~~January~~ 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1910]]:''' "''Depressed and as much in dark as ever, [...] God help me. Feel weak and weary.''" [Entry in the first of Tolkien's preserved diaries]<ref name=Biography/>	+	*'''[[1 January\|New Year's Day]] [[1910]]:''' "''Depressed and as much in dark as ever, [...] God help me. Feel weak and weary.''" [Entry in the first of Tolkien's preserved diaries]<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>

−	*'''[[~~January~~ 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>	+	*'''[[1 January\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>

	*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>

Morgan: some more expansion (introduction/description)

2010-09-20T00:49:02Z

some more expansion (introduction/description)

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−	'''The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien''' refers to the unpublished diaries of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. [[Humphrey Carpenter]] was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'', noting that Tolkien used the diaries "''chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries''".<ref name=Biography>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</ref>	+	'''The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien''' refers to the [[:Category:Unpublished material\|unpublished]] diaries of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The manuscripts are part of the Tolkien Papers at the [[Bodleian Library]], a collection which is only open to researchers working under the auspices of the [[Tolkien Estate]].<ref name=Interview>[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/Wayne_Hammond_Christina_Scull_Interview.php Interview with Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull], at [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com Tolkienlibrary.com], as of 20 September 2010</ref>
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		+	[[Humphrey Carpenter]] was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'', noting that Tolkien used the diaries "''chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries''".<ref name=Biography>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</ref> Permission to research the diaries was also granted to [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] for their preparation of ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'' (a work which also includes several quotes from the diaries).<ref name=Interview/>

	==Contents==		==Contents==
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	*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>

−	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>~~[[Måns Björkman]],~~ [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>	+	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>

	*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>

Morgan: /* Contents */ improving reference

2010-09-20T00:38:09Z

Contents: improving reference

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	*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>

−	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>	+	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati\|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[[Måns Björkman]], [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>

	*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>

Morgan: /* Contents */ spelling

2010-09-20T00:34:03Z

Contents: spelling

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	*'''[[1926]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien wrote "''his diary from 1926 to 1933''" in the alphabet 'Quenyatic'/'Feanorian']<ref name=Biography/>		*'''[[1926]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien wrote "''his diary from 1926 to 1933''" in the alphabet 'Quenyatic'/'Feanorian']<ref name=Biography/>

−	*'''?1930s:''' [On ~~Cristopher~~ Tolkien:] "''a nervy, irritable, cross-grained, self-tormenting, cheeky person. Yet there is something intensely lovable about him, to me at any rate, from the very similarity between us''"<ref name=Biography/>	+	*'''?1930s:''' [On [[Christopher Tolkien]]:] "''a nervy, irritable, cross-grained, self-tormenting, cheeky person. Yet there is something intensely lovable about him, to me at any rate, from the very similarity between us''"<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''[[1933]]:''' [On the occasion of driving his family to visit relatives in Birmingham:] "''I pass over the pangs to me of passing through Hall Green - become a huge tram-ridden meaningless suburb, where I actually lost my way - and eventually down what is left of beloved lanes of childhood, and past the very gate of our cottage, now in the midst of a sea of new red-brick. The old mill still stands, and Mrs Hunt's still sticks out into the road as it turns uphill; but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where the bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is now a dangerous crossing alive with motors and red lights. The White Ogre's house (which the children were excited to see) is become a petrol station, and most of Short Avenue and the elms between it and the crossing have gone. How I envy those whose precious early scenery has not been exposed to such violent and peculiarly hideous change.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''[[1933]]:''' [On the occasion of driving his family to visit relatives in Birmingham:] "''I pass over the pangs to me of passing through Hall Green - become a huge tram-ridden meaningless suburb, where I actually lost my way - and eventually down what is left of beloved lanes of childhood, and past the very gate of our cottage, now in the midst of a sea of new red-brick. The old mill still stands, and Mrs Hunt's still sticks out into the road as it turns uphill; but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where the bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is now a dangerous crossing alive with motors and red lights. The White Ogre's house (which the children were excited to see) is become a petrol station, and most of Short Avenue and the elms between it and the crossing have gone. How I envy those whose precious early scenery has not been exposed to such violent and peculiarly hideous change.''"<ref name=Biography/>

Morgan: rewording

2010-09-20T00:33:00Z

rewording

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−	'''The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien''' refers to the unpublished diaries of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. [[Humphrey Carpenter]] was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''~~. Carpenter commented~~ that Tolkien used the diaries "''chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries''".<ref name=Biography>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</ref>	+	'''The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien''' refers to the unpublished diaries of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. [[Humphrey Carpenter]] was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'', noting that Tolkien used the diaries "''chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries''".<ref name=Biography>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</ref>

	==Contents==		==Contents==

Morgan: /* Contents */ Italics

2010-09-20T00:15:48Z

Contents: Italics

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−	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1910]]:''' "Depressed and as much in dark as ever, [...] God help me. Feel weak and weary." [Entry in the first of Tolkien's preserved diaries]<ref name=Biography/>	+	*'''[[January 1\|New Year's Day]] [[1910]]:''' "''Depressed and as much in dark as ever, [...] God help me. Feel weak and weary.''" [Entry in the first of Tolkien's preserved diaries]<ref name=Biography/>

	*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>		*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>

Morgan: Expanded

2010-09-20T00:14:20Z

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'''The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien''' refers to the unpublished diaries of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. [[Humphrey Carpenter]] was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''. Carpenter commented that Tolkien used the diaries "''chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries''".<ref name=Biography>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</ref>

==Contents==

*'''[[January 1|New Year's Day]] [[1910]]:''' "Depressed and as much in dark as ever, [...] God help me. Feel weak and weary." [Entry in the first of Tolkien's preserved diaries]<ref name=Biography/>

*'''April [[1910]]:''' [After seeing Peter Pan at a Birmingham theatre]: "''Indescribable but shall never forget it as long as I live. Wish E. had been with me.''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''[[January 1|New Year's Day]] [[1919]]:''' Tolkien starts a new diary, mainly written with [[Sarati|the Alphabet of Rúmil]].<ref name=Biography/><ref>[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref>

*[Unknown date, referring to his school years]: "''Did a lot of private lang.''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''January [[1922]]:''' "''Eric Valentine Gordon has come'' <nowiki>[to </nowiki>[[Leeds University]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''and got firmly established and is my devoted friend and pal.''"<ref>[[Humphrey Carpenter]] (2000). ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''. New York: Houghton Mifflin, page 111.</ref>

*'''[[1924]]:''' [Concerning the birth of [[Christopher Tolkien|Christoper]]: "''Now I would not go without what God has sent.''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''[[1926]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien wrote "''his diary from 1926 to 1933''" in the alphabet 'Quenyatic'/'Feanorian']<ref name=Biography/>

*'''?1930s:''' [On Cristopher Tolkien:] "''a nervy, irritable, cross-grained, self-tormenting, cheeky person. Yet there is something intensely lovable about him, to me at any rate, from the very similarity between us''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''[[1933]]:''' [On the occasion of driving his family to visit relatives in Birmingham:] "''I pass over the pangs to me of passing through Hall Green - become a huge tram-ridden meaningless suburb, where I actually lost my way - and eventually down what is left of beloved lanes of childhood, and past the very gate of our cottage, now in the midst of a sea of new red-brick. The old mill still stands, and Mrs Hunt's still sticks out into the road as it turns uphill; but the crossing beyond the now fenced-in pool, where the bluebell lane ran down into the mill lane, is now a dangerous crossing alive with motors and red lights. The White Ogre's house (which the children were excited to see) is become a petrol station, and most of Short Avenue and the elms between it and the crossing have gone. How I envy those whose precious early scenery has not been exposed to such violent and peculiarly hideous change.''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''?1920s-1930s:''' [On [[C.S. Lewis]]]: "''Friendship with Lewis compensates for much, and besides giving constant pleasure and comfort has done me much good from the contact with a man at once honest, brave, intellectual - a scholar, a poet, and a philosopher - and a lover, at least after a long pilgrimage, of Our Lord.''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''August [[1955]]''': [Notes on his visit to Italy with [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]]:] : "''Venice seemed incredibly, elvishly lovely''"<ref name=Biography/>; "''contrary to legend and my belief, Italians ... dislike exaggeration, superlatives, and adjectives of excessive praise. But they seem to answer to colour and poetic expression, if justified.''"<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Reader's Guide'', p. 469</ref>

*'''Late [[1963]] or early [[1964]]:''' [Carpenter notes that soon after [[C.S. Lewis]]'s death, Tolkien "''began to keep a diary, which was something he had not done for many years. In part it was an excuse for using another alphabet that he had invented; he called it his '[[New English Alphabet]]'.'']: "''Life is grey and grim. I can get nothing done, between stateness and boredom (confined to quarters), and anxiety and distraction. What am I going to do? Be sucked down into residence in a hotel or old-people's home or club, without books or contacts or talk with men? God help me!''"<ref name=Biography/>

*'''[[1968]]-[[1971]]:''' [Carpenter notes that Tolkien kept a diary "''for a brief time during [the] Bournemouth years''".]<ref name=Biography/>

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[[Category:Tolkien Gateway research]]