Tolkien and Welsh

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| title=<small>Tolkien and Welsh (Tolkien a Chymraeg): Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's Use of Welsh in his Legendarium</small>
| image=[[File:Tolkien and Welsh.png|225px]]
| author=[[Mark T. Hooker]]
| illustrator=[[James Dunning]]
| publisher=Llyfrawr
| date=[[26 June]] [[2012]]
| format=Paperback
| pages=xxx + 274 (304)
| isbn=978-1477667736
}}
'''''Tolkien and Welsh (Tolkien a Chymraeg): Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's Use of Welsh in his Legendarium''''' is a collection of articles by [[Mark T. Hooker]] on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s use of [[Welsh]] language and culture.

''Tolkien and Welsh'' has been invited to enter the 2013 Competition for the Literature Wales Book of the Year Award. Participation is by invitation only.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://walesbookoftheyear.co.uk/2013-award-2/|articlename=Wales Book of the Year Award 2013|dated=|website=[http://walesbookoftheyear.co.uk/ Wales Book of the Year]|accessed=29 August 2012}}</ref>

==From the publisher==

''Tolkien and Welsh'' provides an overview of J.R.R. Tolkien's use of Welsh in his Legendarium, ranging from the obvious (''[[Roverandom|Gwynfa]]''—the Welsh word for Paradise), to the apparent (''[[Took Family|Took]]''—a Welsh surname), to the veiled (''[[Gerontius]]''—the Latinizaton of a royal Welsh name), to the hidden (''[[Goldberry]]''—the English [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calque calque] of a Welsh [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/theonym theonym]).

Though it is a book by a linguist, it was written for the non-linguist with the goal of making the topic accessible. The unavoidable jargon is explained in a glossary, and the narrative presents an overview of how Welsh influenced Tolkien's story line, as well as his synthetic languages [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]].

The study is based on specific examples of attested names, placed in the context of their linguistic and cultural background, while highlighting the peculiar features of Welsh, "the senior language of the men of Britain" ([[The Monsters and the Critics|MC]] p. 189), that Tolkien found so intriguing. It supplements, rather than competes with [[Carl Phelpstead]]'s excellent ''[[Tolkien and Wales]]'', which sidestepped the topic of the Celtic linguistics behind Tolkien's work. Learn the story behind ''[[Lithe]]'', ''[[Buckland]]'', ''[[Anduin]]'', and ''[[Baranduin]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1044_Tolkien_and_Welsh_Mark_Hooker.php ''Tolkien and Welsh''] at the [[Tolkien Library]]
*[http://llyfrawr.com/TolkienAndWelsh/TableOfContents.html ''Table of Contents''] at the publisher's website

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Roverandom

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|title=Roverandom
|image=[[Image:Roverandom.jpg|225px]]
|author=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
|editor=[[Christina Scull]] & [[Wayne G. Hammond]]
|publisher=[[HarperCollins]] (UK)<br/>[[Houghton Mifflin]] (US)
|date=[[5 January]] [[1998]] (UK)<br/>[[15 April]] [[1988]] (US)
|format=Hardback with dustwrapper
|pages=106
|isbn=0261103539
}}
'''''Roverandom''''' is a story written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], originally told in [[1925]]. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, [[Rover]]. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a dog. Tolkien wrote ''Roverandom'' for his son, [[Michael Tolkien (b. 1920)|Michael]], to amuse him upon the loss of his favorite toy — a little lead dog. The work is in tone a children's story, but contains many allusions and references in the manner of ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''.

It was submitted for publication in [[1936]] after the success of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', but was not published for over sixty years — finally being released in [[1998]].

==See also==
*[[Mr. Bliss]]
*[[The Orgog]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/roverandom.html Addenda and Corrigenda to Roverandom]

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