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'''''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide''''' is a reference guide to the life of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Compiled by [[ | '''''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide''''' is a reference guide to the life of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Compiled by [[Christina Scull]] and [[Wayne G. Hammond]], it is composed of two tomes: | ||
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Revision as of 01:06, 1 August 2015
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide | |
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Author | Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond |
Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Released | 6 October 2006 |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 2300 |
ISBN | 0618391134 |
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a reference guide to the life of J.R.R. Tolkien. Compiled by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, it is composed of two tomes:
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology
Unique Tolkien writings
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide includes many quotes from formerly unpublished or hard-to-find writings of Tolkien.
- Chronology, p.625: quotes from two writings concerning an abandoned preface to 'The Golden Key'. (?Late November 1964-?mid-February 1965)
From the publisher
Designed to be the essential reference works for all readers and students, these volumes present the most thorough analysis possible of Tolkien's work within the important context of his life.
The Reader's Guide includes brief but comprehensive alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics, including a who's who of important persons, a guide to places and institutions, details concerning Tolkien's source material, information about the political and social upheavals through which the author lived, the importance of his social circle, his service as an infantryman in World War I — even information on the critical reaction to his work and the "Tolkien cult."
The Chronology details the parallel evolutions of Tolkien's works and his academic and personal life in minute detail. Spanning the entirety of his long life including nearly sixty years of active labor on his Middle-earth creations, and drawing on such contemporary sources as school records, war service files, biographies, correspondence, the letters of his close friend C.S. Lewis, and the diaries of W.H. Lewis, this book will be an invaluable resource for those who wish to gain a complete understanding of Tolkien's status as a giant of twentieth-century literature.