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*'''Subject:''' Tolkien apologizes for not replying to a letter from him, or to an invitation from the director of the Marquette Department of English to visit the University, pleading 'overwork, difficult domestic and academic circumstances, and the necessity of coping (or trying to cope) with a now very large mail, as well as heavy professional work and duties, without any secretary'. | *'''Subject:''' Tolkien apologizes for not replying to a letter from him, or to an invitation from the director of the Marquette Department of English to visit the University, pleading 'overwork, difficult domestic and academic circumstances, and the necessity of coping (or trying to cope) with a now very large mail, as well as heavy professional work and duties, without any secretary'. | ||
*'''Publication:''' A description of and quotations from the letter appeared in ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide|The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology]]'' and quoted in[[The Tolkien Relation]] (pp. 59-60). | *'''Publication:''' A description of and quotations from the letter appeared in ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide|The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology]]'' and quoted in [[The Tolkien Relation]] (pp. 59-60). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 26 May 2015
On 9 June 1957, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to William Ready.[1][2]
- Subject: Tolkien apologizes for not replying to a letter from him, or to an invitation from the director of the Marquette Department of English to visit the University, pleading 'overwork, difficult domestic and academic circumstances, and the necessity of coping (or trying to cope) with a now very large mail, as well as heavy professional work and duties, without any secretary'.
- Publication: A description of and quotations from the letter appeared in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology and quoted in The Tolkien Relation (pp. 59-60).
See also
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 506
- ↑ "1957 J.R.R. Tolkien Letter", pbs.org/ (accessed 26 May 2015)
