- Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, English literature, English language, etymology
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Cool, contemplative, intimate and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Harpercollins, HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780008131395
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide. In the
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