The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the
early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic
tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien
reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of
Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This
fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the
examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The
Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed,
The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified
form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of
Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the
World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West.
Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story
The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with
the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this
volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and
dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary'
containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.
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