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Author McIlwaine, Catherine, author.

Title Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth / Catherine McIlwaine.

Publication Info. Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, [2018]
©2018

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 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  823.91209 MCILWAINE    Check Shelf
Description 416 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 27 cm
Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt
Nationality/regional group: nat English lcdgt
Occupational/field of activity group: occ Archivists lcsh
Note Catalogue published for the exhibition at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (2018), and at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York (2019).
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).
Bibliography 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.'
Subject Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 -- Exhibitions.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Exhibitions.
Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism -- Exhibitions.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Exhibitions.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. (OCoLC)fst00030031
Fantasy fiction, English. (OCoLC)fst00920756
Authors, English. (OCoLC)fst00821945
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) (OCoLC)fst01020337
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 (DE-588)118623222
Middle-earth (DE-588)4739415-8
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
Exhibition catalogs.
Added Author Bodleian Library, issuing body, host institution.
Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.
ISBN 9781851244850 (hardback)
1851244859 (hardback)
9781851244973 (paperback)
1851244972 (paperback)
9781851244997 (collector's edition)
1851244999 (collector's edition)
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