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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, by Tolkien archivist Catherine McIlwaine, is a book of the material shown in a 2018 Bodleian Library exhibit, "Maker of Middle-earth", in Oxford, England. Such material includes manuscripts and photos of J.R.R. Tolkien, and hundreds of illustrations by him, disclosed for the first time. The book serves as a tour of Tolkien's life, following six essays by preeminent Tolkien scholars.
As an exhibition catalog, this book and its shorter companion, Tolkien: Treasures, were distantly preceded by Tolkien: Life and Legend, from a 1992 Bodleian exhibition.
- "For anyone who grew up in the Tolkien universe, seeing the original artwork—the death of Smaug, for instance, the dragon’s head thrown back, his scales pierced by a black arrow, over the burning remains of the lake town of Esgaroth—will be like meeting an old friend."
- —Country Life
The book was voted Best Book of 2019 by the British Tolkien Society.[1]
Contents[]
- Catherine McIlwaine, "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch"
- John Garth, "Tolkien and the Inklings"
- Verlyn Flieger, "Faërie: Tolkien's Perilous Land"
- Carl F. Hostetter, "Inventing Elvish"
- Tom Shippey, "Tolkien and 'that noble northern spirit'"
- Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, "Tolkien's Visual Art"
- Exhibition catalogue
- Reading Tolkien
- Childhood
- Student Days
- Sheer Invention
- The Silmarillion
- The Professor's Study
- The Hobbit
- The Lord of the Rings
- Mapping The Lord of the Rings
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
See also[]
External links[]
- Original exhibit page
- Article about the exhibit by The Morgan Library & Museum
- Official book page
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth at Goodreads
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth at Amazon.com