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TCG Letter #633 / Carpenter Letter #259

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Anne Barrett (Houghton Mifflin)

Date

7 August 1964

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses Charles Williams and then explains why Tree and Leaf is called Tree and Leaf.

Tags

Beowulf

Fairy Stories

Leaf By Niggle

The Homecoming of Beorhthnoth

The Inklings

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 349-50

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 499

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 654

The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, pp. 171-2 (minor quote begins "‘had for some time vaguely thought")

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 489-90

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

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