Tolkien. A Biography
by:
Michael White (author)
This biography recounts Tolkien s early childhood in South Africa followed by his family s return to England after his banker father s death. The Tolkiens settled in the highly industrialized city of Birmingham in the 1890s which was still surrounded by breathtaking countryside. Thus the...
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This biography recounts Tolkien s early childhood in South Africa followed by his family s return to England after his banker father s death. The Tolkiens settled in the highly industrialized city of Birmingham in the 1890s which was still surrounded by breathtaking countryside. Thus the industrialized heart of the Empire and the sylvan idyll of the woods and hills became important extremes for much of Tolkien s thinking and writing, leading up to that most inspired moment when, as an Oxford don
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780451212429
Publisher: New American Library
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
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