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I read Tom Shippey’s J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century a few years ago, but The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology is his earlier book on Tolkien, and now that I have read it, I think I should have started with this one. This a great book and I am sure I’ll read it again someday.
The first two chapters are about philology, the comparative study of languages to understand their evolution. These chapters are informed by Shippey's tenure at Oxford which overlapped ...more
The first two chapters are about philology, the comparative study of languages to understand their evolution. These chapters are informed by Shippey's tenure at Oxford which overlapped ...more
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