59 St John Street, Oxford, was J.R.R. Tolkien's undergraduate lodgings from 1914 to 1915 whilst he was studying at the University of Oxford. There he wrote a poem about Eärendel in the winter of 1914[1] and months later You and Me / and the Cottage of Lost Play|other about the Cottage of Lost Play, on 27-28 April, 1915.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "V. The Tale of Eärendel", "The Tale of Eärendel", p. 269
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play": "Notes and Commentary", p. 27