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Letter to Tom Shippey (12 April 1970)

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On c. 12 April 1970, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Tom Shippey. Shippey received the letter on 13 April 1970.[1][2]

  • Subject: Comments on Shippey's paper "The Author as Philologist" (sent by Shippey to Tolkien).[1]
  • Publication: Quotes from the letter were published in The Road to Middle-earth.[3] Shippey also briefly describes the letter in "Long Evolution: The History of Middle-earth and Its Merits" (in Arda 1987, Vol. VII, p. 29)[2] and in Roots and Branches.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, “chapter=I. Chronology,” in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006), p. 749
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Tolkien's letter to Shippey, April 1970". Tolkien Collector's Guide. Retrieved 31 December 2011
  3. Tom Shippey, "Preface to the Second Edition", in The Road to Middle-earth
  4. "Birmingham, Beorn, and elfland (posts from 06/Oct/2007 at 8:50pm and 07/Oct/2007 at 12:25am)". The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza: Forum. Retrieved 31 December 2011