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*'''Subject:''' Writing on the occasion of Wright's retirement,<ref name=CG/> Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.<ref name=TB>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=13460|articlename=Life of Joseph Wright. 1932|dated=|website=TB|accessed=1 January 2012}}</ref> | *'''Subject:''' Writing on the occasion of Wright's retirement,<ref name=CG/> Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.<ref name=TB>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=13460|articlename=Life of Joseph Wright. 1932|dated=|website=TB|accessed=1 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
*'''Publication:''' | *'''Publication:''' An extract of the letter was published in ''[[The Life of Joseph Wright]]'', vol. 2, p. 651.<ref name=TB/><ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184084/page/n349/mode/2up?q=Tolkien The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2] (Internet Archive; accessed 28 April 2021).</ref> | ||
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{{blockquote|In the first place I hope that you are not retiring now because of renewed or increased ill-health, but only to enjoy a very long period of well-earned rest and happiness. I hope I may send you my very best wishes, to yourself and to Mrs. Wright, as a grateful disciple (it was your works, that came into my hands by chance as a schoolboy, that first revealed to me the philology I love) to whom you have shown since so many kindnesses.}} | |||
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Revision as of 17:22, 7 May 2021
On 26 January 1925, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Joseph Wright.[1]
- Subject: Writing on the occasion of Wright's retirement,[1] Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.[2]
- Publication: An extract of the letter was published in The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2, p. 651.[2][3]
Extract
In the first place I hope that you are not retiring now because of renewed or increased ill-health, but only to enjoy a very long period of well-earned rest and happiness. I hope I may send you my very best wishes, to yourself and to Mrs. Wright, as a grateful disciple (it was your works, that came into my hands by chance as a schoolboy, that first revealed to me the philology I love) to whom you have shown since so many kindnesses.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 129
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Life of Joseph Wright. 1932", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 1 January 2012)
- ↑ The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2 (Internet Archive; accessed 28 April 2021).
