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TCG Letter #423
/ Carpenter Letter #329
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Peter Szabó Szentmihályi
Date
October 1971
Type
Draft
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien shares his views on author's biographies.
Tags
Private life
Biographical
The Lord of the Rings
Middle-earth
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, p. 414
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 794
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 580-81
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
Silke Anzinger, "Von Troja nach Gondor.Tolkiens „The Lord of the Rings“ als Epos in vergilischer Tradition," in Vestigia Vergiliana: Vergil-Rezeption in der Neuzeit edited by Thorsten Burkard , Markus Schauer and Claudia Wiener. (2010) pp. 363-401. p. 373 note 36
Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography
, p. 4
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 589-90
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