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On 15 November 1961, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Jane Neave.[1][2]
- Subject: Discussion about the forthcoming The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962),[1] as well as his former chair at Oxford: "I wasn't a professor of "Literature" - which I still think is not a good basis for academic study".[3]
- Description: 2 pages.[3]
- Publication: A description of the letter appeared in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology. Extracts from the letter were quoted in Christie's 20th Century Books and Manuscripts 2 December 2003.
- Archive: The letter is kept at the Marquette University.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, “chapter=I. Chronology,” in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006), p. 580
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "J.R.R. Tolkien Collection: Other Tolkien Writings, 1911-1976". Marquette.edu. Retrieved 25 May 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "20th-Century Books and Manuscripts. 2003". TolkienBooks.net. Retrieved 9 April 2014