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R.W. Burchfield writes to Tolkien inquiring about a word found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Tolkien advises his student Burchfield about his thesis about Ormulum - the proposed thesis title is remarkably close to a recent German publication tha...
Tolkien remarks on the reception to The Fellowship of the Ring by his colleagues.
Burchfield sends Tolkien a few draft entries for the word hobbit, for inclusion in a supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, and asks for additiona...
Tolkien writes an apologetic letter to to Burchfield at the Oxford University Press, who had sent Tolkien a proposed definition of hobbit to be included...
Tolkien discusses an O.E.D. dictionary definition of Hobbit.
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Guide to Tolkien's Letters
Mentioning 'Burchfield'
(8 letters match)1950
8 November 1950
R.W. Burchfield to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2820
R.W. Burchfield writes to Tolkien inquiring about a word found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
1953
11 July 1953
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Burchfield
#1080
Tolkien advises his student Burchfield about his thesis about Ormulum - the proposed thesis title is remarkably close to a recent German publication tha...
1954
6 November 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Burchfield
#194
Tolkien remarks on the reception to The Fellowship of the Ring by his colleagues.
1969
15 December 1969
Robert Burchfield to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2300
Burchfield sends Tolkien a few draft entries for the word hobbit, for inclusion in a supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, and asks for additiona...
1970
24 August 1970
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Burchfield
#2299
Tolkien writes an apologetic letter to to Burchfield at the Oxford University Press, who had sent Tolkien a proposed definition of hobbit to be included...
11 September 1970
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Burchfield
#279
Carpenter #316
Tolkien discusses an O.E.D. dictionary definition of Hobbit.
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