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'''The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry''' is a book by [[William B. Ready]], the former Director of Libraries at [[Marquette University]]. The paperback edition of [[1969]] was renamed into '''Understanding Tolkien and ''The Lord of the Rings'''''.<ref name="Ake">[[Åke Bertenstam]], "[http://www.forodrim.org/bibliography/tolklist.html A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien]" at [[Forodrim]]</ref> | '''The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry''' is a book by [[William B. Ready]], the former Director of Libraries at [[Marquette University]]. The paperback edition of [[1969]] was renamed into '''Understanding Tolkien and ''The Lord of the Rings'''''.<ref name="Ake">[[Åke Bertenstam]], "[http://www.forodrim.org/bibliography/tolklist.html A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien]" at [[Forodrim]]</ref> | ||
The book includes extracts from letters to William Ready from both [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his son [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]], as well as some unattributed quotes. See especially pp.55-56 and 57-60.<ref>''An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography'', at Tolkienbooks.net</ref> | The book includes extracts from letters to William Ready from both [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his son [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]], as well as some unattributed quotes. See especially pp. 55-56 and 57-60 (1st edition).<ref>''An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography'', at Tolkienbooks.net</ref> | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 27 August 2010
| The Tolkien Relation | |
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| Author | William B. Ready |
| Publisher | Regnery Co., Copp Clark, Warner Books |
| Released | May 1968 |
| Format | Hardcover, also paperback |
| Pages | 184 |
The Tolkien Relation: A Personal Inquiry is a book by William B. Ready, the former Director of Libraries at Marquette University. The paperback edition of 1969 was renamed into Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings.[1]
The book includes extracts from letters to William Ready from both J.R.R. Tolkien and his son Christopher, as well as some unattributed quotes. See especially pp. 55-56 and 57-60 (1st edition).[2]
Contents
- The Early Cycle
- The Inklings and the Myth
- The Days of the Dons
- The Hobbits of Tolkien
- The Tale of the Ring
- Craft and Art
- Man for Tolkien
- The Once and the Future
- As It Was and Will Be
- Epilogue
Errata
- Page 18: "...at the University of Leeds as Reader in the English language in 1921." The correct year is 1920.[3]
- Page 22: "He gave the W.P. Ker lecture at Glasgow University in 1933..." The correct date is April 15, 1953.[4]
References
- ↑ Åke Bertenstam, "A Chronological Bibliography of Books About Tolkien" at Forodrim
- ↑ An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography, at Tolkienbooks.net
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "Oxford Interlude"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 135, note 2
