J.R.R. Tolkien arguably changed the sort of things we read and
write more profoundly than any other twentieth-century writer. When
The Lord of the Rings was published, Tolkien was in his early
sixties; beneath the outwardly unremarkable life of an Oxford don,
his imaginative life was richly nourished by his professional
interests. Now in paperback, this is the first biography to deal
fully with the wealth of Tolkien's posthumously published material.
It sets his writing firmly in the context of his academic life,
shows the great personal and professional difficulties he overcame
to complete The Lord of the Rings, and charts his ultimately
unsuccessful efforts to complete the great cycle of legends that
appeared, after his death, as The Silmarillion. Despite the
precipitous decline of Tolkien's academic discipline, philology,
his imaginative achievement may claim to vindicate his academic
career.
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