Letter to Rod Jellema

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Rod Jellema 1966 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rod Jellema, written in Spring, 1966.[1]

  • Contents: A reply to a letter from Jellema, concerning the controversy of Tolkien's disapproval of W.H. Auden's intended book on Tolkien.
  • Authenticity: High
  • Publication: The letter is quoted in W.H. Auden: A Legacy.

Excerpt

"I do not ask that any such article should be 'respectful', but that it should at least be accurate ... To produce an article that does not misrepresent biographical facts or my opinions would require a person having an intimate knowledge of both, if it was to be written without troubling me."

See also

References

  1. ā†‘ Rod Jellema, "Auden on Tolkien: The Book that Isn't, and the House that Brought it Down", in W.H. Auden: A Legacy, p. 39
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