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TCG Letter #517 / Carpenter Letter #171

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Hugh Brogan

Date

18 September 1955

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien addresses the criticism of his use of deliberate archaism in his writing and strongly defends his choice to use this in The Lord of the Rings as he feels it is much more applicable than modern English.

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The Lord of the Rings

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References

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Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 338-40, p. 636 (notas de Carpenter)

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 328-30, p. 625 (Carpenter note)

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 501

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War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 24

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J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 225-6, p. 446 (Carpenter note)

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