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TCG Letter #583 / Carpenter Letter #209


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Robert Murray, S.J.
Date
4 May 1958
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien discusses philology and the original meaning of words.
Tags
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 267-70
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 554
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 396-9
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 386-89
Error in hardcover and Kindle editions: it _improbably_ formally related to > it is _probably_ formally related to p. 388
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350


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