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J.R.R. Tolkien : a biography / Leslie Ellen Jones.
Van Pelt Library PR6039.O32 Z6616 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Leslie, 1959-
- Series:
- Greenwood biographies 1540-4900
- Greenwood biographies, 1540-4900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Anglicists.
- Oxford (England)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Oxford (England).
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Great Britain.
- Anglicists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Fantasy literature--Authorship.
- Fantasy literature.
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place).
- Oxford (England)--Biography.
- Inklings (Group of writers).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 156 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Birmingham to Bloemfontein ... and Back Again (1892-1904) 1
- Chapter 2 Grammars and a Girl (1904-1910) 13
- Chapter 3 Oxford (1911-1914) 25
- Chapter 4 The End of the Third Age (1914-1918) 41
- Chapter 5 The Young Academic (1918-1925) 53
- Chapter 6 Getting Some Inklings (1926-1932) 65
- Chapter 7 Life in a Hobbit Hole (1933-1937) 79
- Chapter 8 The War of the Rings (1937-1955) 93
- Chapter 9 The Quest to Overthrow Evil 103
- Chapter 10 Doubles and Kings 115
- Chapter 11 Fame and Fortune (1955-1973) 125
- Appendix The Published Works of J. R. R. Tolkien 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-148) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313323402
- OCLC:
- 50422979
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