J.R.R. Tolkien discussion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Books mentioned in this topic
J.R.R.Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (other topics)A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (other topics)
The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (other topics)
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell (other topics)
The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (other topics)
I'm aiming for four new Tolkien-related books this year. I've just finished the first, J.R.R.Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, which I enjoyed greatly (five stars), and would recommend to anybody interested in Tolkien as an artist. It's interesting how his writing was often influenced by his art, with certain key elements arising first in his drawings and paintings, for example his landscape paintings of the English countryside as clear precursors of his descriptions of the Shire.
Of the other three books I've targeted myself to read, I've already decided on two: A Secret Vice, which I may or may not wait to read with the next Group Read, and The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, which I anticipate I will be getting for Father's Day!
As for the third, I've not yet decided whether it should be a book by Tolkien, possibly his Beowulf, which I have neglectful not yet read, or a book about Tolkien, perhaps The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary.