It was refreshing to see how ordinary he was disorganised, constantly missing deadlines, and struggling to finish work as he had so many ideas. I now see Tolkien as a God Damn genius who is revered in his field of Philology and Literature. It has just the right amount of detail some biographies tend to bang on and on for ages. I was totally absorbed in this biography, thanks to Carpenter’s simple and engaging writing style. Lewis who, most famously, wrote the Narnia Books for children.
Product details Publisher : Blackstone Audio, Inc. He authored many notable biographies, including The Brideshead Generation and J. One thing I enjoyed reading about was his life as an English Professor, in which, Tolkien would often meet with his peer group to smoke and read aloud the Bard poems in Old Norse.Īmong these peers was C.S. HUMPHREY CARPENTER (1946-2005) was a prolific biographer and a highly entertaining broadcaster for BBC Radio. The book takes you quite swiftly through Tolkien’s childhood in Birmingham and South Africa, then touches on his time as a soldier in WW1, Oxford as a student and teacher, his writing struggles, philologist, to his lifelong marriage. It was inspiring to see how the creation of Middle Earth and its history/language was basically a lifelong work. It’s great to see that Carpenter doesn’t shy away from the truth and paints Tolkien as a highly intelligent, if not, slightly eccentric man. Don’t shoot!!!) but left in awe of his achievements both academically and Having never read the Silmarillion, The Hobbit, or Lord of the Rings (I know, I I was completely in the dark going into this book,
Urn:oclc:833450014 Republisher_date 20120401071201 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120331060814 Scanner ’ve got to say that J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphry Carpenter was a realĮye-opening biography. His books are known around the world, and for great reason. Tolkien has provided the tinder that stokes the imagination of millions. OL756201W Page_number_confidence 93.64 Pages 396 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:3608934316 Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2017. Urn:lcp:jrrtolkien00hump:epub:40d0b518-451e-4d51-ab41-0ffe5bc48de6 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier jrrtolkien00hump Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2892999s Isbn 0007132840ĩ780007132843 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.4 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary OL7261920M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:14:11 Boxid IA176701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City London Donorĭanielsiders Edition Paperback edition External-identifier
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