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Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth

Title

Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth / Catherine McIlwaine.

Author

McIlwaine, Catherine

Publication

Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, [2018]
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Description

416 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits; 27 cm

Summary

This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works--'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' and reproduces personal photographs and private papers (some of which have never been seen before in print). Tolkien drew on his deep knowledge of medieval literature and language to inform his literary imagination. Six introductory essays cover some of the main themes in Tolkien's life and work including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of 'Faerie' as a literary construct; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from the literary group known as the Inklings. This book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this exquisitely produced catalogue draws together the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien--scholarly, literary, creative and domestic--offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author. Exhibition: The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, UK (01.06.-28.10.2018).

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Biographies.

Note

Catalogue published for the exhibition at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (2018), and at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York (2019).

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405- 409) and index.

Contents

Essays: J.R.R. Tolkien : a biographical sketch / Catherine McIlwaine -- Tolkien and the inklings / John Garth -- Faërie : Tolkien's perilous land / Verlyn Flieger -- Inventing Elvish / Carl F. Hostetter -- Tolkien and 'that noble northern spirit' / Tom Shippey -- Tolkien's visual art / Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.
Catalogue: Reading Tolkien : 'to England; to my country' -- Childhood : 'born with a talent for language' -- Student days : 'the beginning of the legendarium' -- Sheer invention : 'new patterns of old colours' -- The Silmarillion : 'the Silmarils are in my heart' -- The professor's study : 'from time already mortgaged' -- The hobbit : 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' -- The lord of the rings : 'it is written in my life-blood' -- Mapping The lord of the rings : 'I wisely started with a map and made the story fit.'

Call Number

JFF 19-664

ISBN

9781851244850
1851244859
9781851244973
1851244972
9781851244997
1851244999

LCCN

2018411739

OCLC

1007306331

Author

McIlwaine, Catherine, author.

Title

Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth / Catherine McIlwaine.

Publisher

Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, [2018]

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Gender group: Women

Nationality/regional group: English

Occupational/field of activity group: Archivists

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405- 409) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

Great Britain England Oxford.

Added Author

Bodleian Library, issuing body, host institution.

Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.

Research Call Number

JFF 19-664

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