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'''Elvish time''' is an unpublished and unfinished essay by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Quotes from the essay were published by [[Verlyn Flieger]] in ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie]]'' (1997).
'''Elvish time''' is an unpublished and unfinished essay by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The text is tucked in among manuscripts of the time of ''[[The Lost Road]]'' (1930s).<ref>[[Verlyn Flieger]], ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie]]'', "Strange Powers of the Mind", p. 69</ref> The written part is more focused on explaining the human concepts related to time, and does not go on to explain the Elven perspective.<ref>[[Verlyn Flieger]], "Time"; in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]'', p. 649f (edited by [[Michael D.C. Drout]])</ref>


Verlyn Flieger has also discussed the content of this essay in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]'', p.649f.
Quotes from the essay were published by [[Verlyn Flieger]] in ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie]]'' (1997).
 
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Elvish time is an unpublished and unfinished essay by J.R.R. Tolkien. The text is tucked in among manuscripts of the time of The Lost Road (1930s).[1] The written part is more focused on explaining the human concepts related to time, and does not go on to explain the Elven perspective.[2]

Quotes from the essay were published by Verlyn Flieger in A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie (1997).

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