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Tolkien and Wales : Language, Literature and Identity - Carl Phelpstead

Tolkien and Wales

Language, Literature and Identity

By: Carl Phelpstead

Paperback | 30 April 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Tolkien once wrote: ''I love Wales - and especially the Welsh language''. This book explores how that love influenced Tolkien''s ideas about language, many aspects of his creative writing, and his sense of an English identity. It describes more fully than before the extent and depth of Tolkien''s debt to Welsh language and literature, and argues that Tolkien''s love of Wales and Welsh is inseparable from his love of, and sense of belonging to, England. The book gives detailed attention to both Tolkien''s fiction and his scholarly writings, including some relatively neglected texts. Wales and Welsh were seminal influences on the writings of the twentieth century''s most popular writer and this book reveals the range and depth of these influences.
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* Sara Brown, Mythprint vol. 30, no. 3/4 (2012), 173 - 182: 'both interesting and accessible, deserving of a place on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in learning more about [Tolkien]' (p. 182). * David Doughan, Amon Hen 234 (March 2012), p. 21: 'required reading for anyone who has a serious interest in Tolkien's work'. * Damien Bador, Mythprint 48:7 (#348) (July 2011) and at http://www.mythsoc.org/reviews/tolkien-and%C2%A0wales/ 'With this work, Carl Phelpstead corrects a flagrant injustice'; 'In the end, this book will surely interest Tolkien's fans who would like to learn more about his Welsh sources of inspiration. The mutual influence of literature and linguistics in Tolkien's works is particularly well described, and this confirms the usefulness of such an approach. The study of Tolkien's academic works is interesting, and their impact on his literary inventions well documented.' * Troels Forchhammer, Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society 52 (2011), 13 - 14: 'an excellent book that I recommend warmly' (13); 'all in all this is an excellent book that I happily give my warm recommendation' (14).

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