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Sometime between late [[1955]] and early [[1956]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to G.E. Selby'''.<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 483</ref> | |||
*'''Subject:''' Tolkien writes about the publication of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, [[Frodo]]'s failure, the [[Elvish]] languages, and the poem ''[[Errantry]]''".<ref name=CG/> | *'''Subject:''' Tolkien writes about the publication of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, [[Frodo]]'s failure, the [[Elvish]] languages, and the poem ''[[Errantry]]''".<ref name=CG/> | ||
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*[[G.E. Selby 7 July 1946]] | *[[Letter to G.E. Selby (7 July 1946)]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:24, 17 June 2014
Sometime between late 1955 and early 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to G.E. Selby.[1]
- Subject: Tolkien writes about the publication of The Lord of the Rings, which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, Frodo's failure, the Elvish languages, and the poem Errantry".[1]
- Publication: Extracts from the letter appeared in Sotheby's Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts 28-29 July 1977,[2], and in Sotheby's Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 16 October 1978.[3] A summary of the letter was provided by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology.[1]
See also
- Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)
- Letter to G.E. Selby (19 September 1944)
- Letter to G.E. Selby (7 July 1946)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 483
- ↑ "Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions.1977", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 28 January 2013)
- ↑ "Autograph Letters. 1978", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 28 January 2013)