TCG Letter #817

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Tom Shippey

Date

13 April 1970

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien replies to Tom remarking on his paper 'The Author as Philologist'.

Notes

Joy Hill from George Allen & Unwin had attended a Tolkien conference that Tom Shippey spoke at, and took a copy of his presentation to show to Tolkien.

The first publication of excerpts from the letter are to be found in The Road to Middle-earth, 1992 (2nd ed.), p. xv and another excerpt was published in Lembas Extra 1995.

Tags

Fan mail response

Joy Hill

Philology

Related Letters

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Leslie Holloway • November 1969 (#813)

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Leslie Holloway • Early November 1969 (#460)

References

"Dear Mr. Shippey" YouTube video from Dr. Shippey, J.R.R. Tolkien's Letter to Tom Shippey (April 1970)

Tom Shippey

'Tolkien and the West Midlands: the Roots of Romance' by T.A. Shippey, Lembas Extra 1995, pp. 9-10

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 786 (?12 April entry, Shippey has confirmed it was dated the 13th by Tolkien though)

Tolkien's letter to Shippey, April 1970 [Uncertain date?], TolkienGuide discussion

'Long Evolution: The History of Middle-earth and Its Merits', Arda, vol. 7 (1992 for 1987), pp. 29-30

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