Tolkien's lost Chaucer / John M. Bowers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowers, John M., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Influence.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Tolkien's Lost Chaucer uncovers the story of an unpublished and previously unknown book by the author of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien worked between 1922 and 1928 on his Clarendon edition Selections from Chaucer's Poetry and Prose, and though never completed, its 160 pages of commentary reveals much of his thinking about language and storytelling when he was still at the threshold of his career as an epoch-making writer of fantasy literature. Drawing upon other new materials such as his edition of the Reeve's Tale and his Oxford lectures on the Pardoner's Tale, this book reveals Chaucer as a major influence upon Tolkien's literary imagination."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Concerning Chaucer

Unexpected journeys

Four Chaucerians: Walter W. Skeat, Kenneth Sisam, George S. Gordon, C.S. Lewis

Tolkien as editor: text and glossary

The Chaucerian incubus: the notes

Tolkien as a Chaucerian: The Reeve's Tale

Chaucer in Middle-Earth

Coda: Fathers and sons.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

ISBN:

0198842678

9780198842675

OCLC:

1085583836