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TCG Letter #1335


From
George S. Gordon
To
R.W. Chapman
Date
26 June 1920
Type
Unknown
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Writing to R.W. Chapman, George S. Gordon, Tolkien's co-editor on the Clarendon Chaucer project for Oxford University Press says that his staffing is much better, and that he may take Tolkien from him, if only to allow him the time to complete texts.

In early 1922, George S. Gordon discusses with David Nichol SmithD.N. Smith was a Scottish scholar, Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford from 1929 to 1946, as well as working in the USA, Australia, Canada and across Europe.[1] the idea of a volume with selections of Chaucer's works. This will become the Clarendon Chaucer, ultimately abandoned and remains unfinished.

1 D.N. Smith was a Scottish scholar, Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford from 1929 to 1946, as well as working in the USA, Australia, Canada and across Europe.
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The Letters of George S. Gordon: 1902 - 1942, p. 136


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