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Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sources of Inspiration

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Editor

Stratford Caldecott, Thomas M Honegger

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In the year after his graduation from Exeter College, Oxford, the great mythopoeic work for which he would become famous was already germinating in Tolkien's mind. In August 2006 the College offered a week of seminars and papers by leading international specialists on Tolkien's Exeter years, the influence of the Great War, the healing power of his narrative, and its relevance to religious and linguistic studies, comparative mythology, and history. Priscilla Tolkien, C.S. Lewis's secretary and friend Walter Hooper, Tolkien's friend the Jesuit priest Robert Murray SJ, and grandson Simon Tolkien attended as special guests, representing the family and those who knew Tolkien personally. The conference was intended to encourage the growth of Tolkien Studies through international and interdisciplinary collaboration. The papers from this conference have been selected, edited, and supplemented by other essays on complementary themes especially for this volume, in order to reveal the dynamic growth of Tolkien Studies around the world. This book explores the spiritual, poetic, personal, and academic sources of inspiration for what is widely regarded as the greatest book of the twentieth century.

ISBN

9783905703122

References To This

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Hermione Jolles • 6 March 1964 (#2294), p. 15

Carpenter #1: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • c. 22 or 23 (or 26*) October 1914 (#1), p. 18, p. 36, p. 37, p. 38, see note 75, p. 39, see note 77, p. 42, see note 86

Carpenter #43: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Michael Tolkien • 6-8 March 1941 (#58), p. 18, see note 20, p. 47, see note 104

Letter from Rob Gilson to J.R.R. Tolkien • 10 June 1913 (#1142), p. 20

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • 1 February 1913 (#45), p. 21, note that John Garth gives the date of this postcard as '2 February 1913'. That date is the postmark and Hammond/Scull give the date as '1 February 1913'

Carpenter #73: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien • 10 June 1944 (#144), p. 26, see note 43

Carpenter #142: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Father Robert Murray • 2 December 1953 (#370), p. 30, see note 48

Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476), p. 30, see note 48, p. 38, see note 75

Carpenter #318: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Neil Ker • 22 November 1970 (#413), p. 31, see note 54, p. 32, see note 55

Carpenter #308: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien • 2 January 1969 (#681), p. 31, see note 53 on Tolkien's mark, p. 32, see note 55

Carpenter #83: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien • 6 October 1944 (#172), p. 40, see notes 79 and 80

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Carpenter #180: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. Thompson • 14 January 1956 (#529), p. 45, see note 97

Carpenter #5: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to G. B. Smith • 12 August 1916 (#5), p. 46, see note 99

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to John Johnson • 14 February 1921 (#1612), pp. 63-4

Letter from John Johnson to Henry [H.W.C.] Davis • 8 January 1921 (#1697), p. 63

Letter from Kenneth Sisam to J.R.R. Tolkien • 8 January 1924 (#1628), p. 65