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TCG Letter #574


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Richard Lupoff
Date
Before 1965
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien wrote to Richard Lupoff denying any influence from the writings of Edgar Rice Burroughs on the creation of Shelob.

An extract from the letter was published in Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure and in Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. Part of the extract was reprinted in Orcrist (Issue 4, 1969-70).


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References
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure, by Richard Lupoff (Canaveral Press, 1968) pp. 276-7
Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist by Richard C. West (Kent State University Press, 1970) B109, p. 34
"The Other Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien", compiled by Jorge Quinonez (early 1990s), p. 6


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