The Tolkien Relation
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| The Tolkien Relation | |
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| Author | William Ready |
| Publisher | Regnery Co., Copp Clark, Warner Books |
| Released | May 1968 |
| Format | Hardcover, also paperback |
| Pages | 184 |
The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry is a book by William Ready, the former Director of Libraries at Marquette University. The paperback edition of 1969 was renamed into Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings.[1]
The book includes extracts from letters to William Ready from both J.R.R. Tolkien and his son Christopher, as well as some unattributed quotes. See especially pp. 55-56 and 57-60 (1st edition).[2]
Contents[edit]
- The Early Cycle
- The Inklings and the Myth
- The Days of the Dons
- The Hobbits of Tolkien
- The Tale of the Ring
- Craft and Art
- Man for Tolkien
- The Once and the Future
- As It Was and Will Be
- Epilogue
Errata[edit]
- Page 18: "...at the University of Leeds as Reader in the English language in 1921." The correct year is 1920.[3]
- Page 22: "He gave the W.P. Ker lecture at Glasgow University in 1933..." The correct date is April 15, 1953.[4]
See also[edit]
References
- ↑ Åke Bertenstam, "A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien" at Forodrim
- ↑ An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography, at Tolkienbooks.net
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "Oxford Interlude"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 135, note 2
