The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology 1

Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Chronology 1857 1870 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Notes Index About the Authors Other Books By About the Publisher Volume 1 Of The Most Comprehensive In-depth Companion To Tolkien's Life And Works Ever Published, Including Synopses Of All His Writings, And A Tolkien Gazetteer And Who's Who. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion And Guide Is A Comprehensive Handbook To One Of The Most Popular Authors Of The Twentieth Century. One Of Two Volumes Comprising This Definitive Work, The Chronology Traces J.r.r. Tolkien's Progress From His Birth In South Africa In 1892, To The Battlefields Of France And The Lecture-halls Of Leeds And Oxford, To His Success As The Author Of The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings, Until His Death In 1973. It Is The Most Extensive Biographical Resource About Tolkien Ever Published. Thousands Of Details Have Been Drawn From Letters, Contemporary Documents In Libraries And Archives, And A Wide Variety Of Other Published And Unpublished Sources. Assembled Together, They Form A Revealing Portrait Of Tolkien In All His Aspects: The Distinguished Scholar Of Old And Middle English, The Capable Teacher And Administrator, The Devoted Husband And Father, The Brilliant Creator Of Middle-earth. An in-depth reference to Tolkien's life and works provides brief alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics that encompass the author's source materials, synopses of his writings, a chronology, analysis of his characters, and the personal and historical influences on his writings