Home
Sign In
Search
TCG on
TCG on
TCG on
<<
Font
<<
Tolkien Collector's Guide
Sign In
Discuss
View Topics
View Forums
Collect
Guide
Books
Letters
Articles
Store
TCG Merch
eBay
Archive
Calendar
Upcoming
Past
Important links:
Guide to Tolkien's Letters
-
Winner of the 2019 Tolkien Society award for Best Website
Letters
Back to results
X
Search
Next
Previous
TCG Letter #642
/ Carpenter Letter #269
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
W.H. Auden
Date
12 May 1965
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Auden had asked Tolkien if the notion of the Orcs, an entire race that was irredeemably wicked, was not heretical.
Tags
The Lord of the Rings
Religion
Orcs
Middle-earth
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, p. 355, p. 451 (Carpenter note)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 495-96, pp. 632-63 (Carpenter note)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 665
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
, p. 49
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, p. 505, p. 644 (notas de Carpenter)
Next
Previous
The Great Tales of Middle-Earth (US Boxset) (2018)
On This Day
Dominic Winter - Hobbit for Auction - Thu, 17th Jun 2021
from 2021
Calendar
May 30
Forum Auctions
(UK Auction)
Jun 3
Michael G.R. Tolkien (Poet and Critic) A grandson's reflections on J.R.R. Tolkien Merton College (T.S. Eliot Theatre), Oxford
(UK Event)
Jun 6
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
(UK New Release)
More...
Recent Posts
New eBay listings submitted
2071
793125
TCGBot replied
7 hours ago
A few less known mentions of Tolkien in early documents
22
4484
zionius replied
17 hours ago
Interesting listings
3589
1432417
Mr. Underhill replied
27 May
A.R., J.R.R., and H.A.R. Tolkien at King Edward's School archives
5
340
Aelfwine replied
27 May
The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien
51
15275
onthetrail replied
27 May
Errata suggestion for various books by & on Tolkien
39
24451
zionius replied
27 May
Monthly online meetups
29
4297
Trotter replied
26 May
Unfinished Tales - silver vs gilt lettering.
3
340
tomwa replied
26 May
Tom Shippey AMA
2
259
onthetrail replied
25 May
Upcoming Books
719
357948
Trotter replied
25 May
More...
Jump to Last