In a house in England lived a Tolkien. It was a cozy house, some might say a plain and boring house

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In a house in England lived a Tolkien. It was a cozy house, some might say a plain and boring house. Nevertheless, it was a house where a Tolkien did fantastic stories. But who was this Tolkien? life light Find out in Humphrey Carpenter's masterful biography.
JRR Tolkien is one of the twentieth century's most famous and beloved authors. Oxford professor and the man behind the fantasy genre's masterpieces life light The Hobbit life light (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). But who was this Tolkien?
If you want a thorough and yet very entertaining and moving life light portrait, you should read Humphrey Carpenter's life light excellent biography. Besides life light being an indispensable source compared to Tolkien, it is also an excellent biography in order to understand life light how to work as a writer. And it's a royal example of how a good biography can be entertaining without pandering to the lowest common denominators. Gus is divided into seven parts
The biography is initiated by the Carpenters introduction, and already here, it becomes clear that the biography is researched down to the smallest detail - which is confirmed throughout the book and in the Annex "Sources and acknowledgments." life light Carpenter met Tolkien in person and have been in contact with both family , friends and colleagues. And he had access to Tolkien's personal papers in the form of letters, life light diaries and manuscripts - all this of course with the permission of the family, especially where Christopher Tolkien was a great help. The book is divided into seven parts, with sub-chapters, and ends with an excellent appendix and an index.
Carpenter's greatest achievement is that while reading the biography, actually start to believe that you even knew Tolkien. Man looking over his shoulder in his study chamber when he holds lectures and is at the pub with friends. And since we are approaching the natural end of Tolkien's life, sits the reader with a lump in my throat. It becomes downright touching, without due and feeling porn because it just "just" the facts in an extraordinarily common and uncommon Oxfordprofessors and the writer's life.
Tolkien was originally against the idea of a biography about him, but as Carpenter after Tolkien's life light death through life light his papers, you could see that the good Tolkien had adopted the idea: In many old letters, diaries, and other papers had Tolkien added new notes which made it much easier to find around the material. life light Get under the skin of Tolkien
You get through the biography insight into how an ordinary man - or more precisely a man who liked the general - could make literature that was anything but ordinary. Tolkien's personality, his friendships and his work as an academic illuminated. Tolkien himself said that you can not see his works through his life, but it turns Carpenter, that actually might be partly. And he does so through careful arguments and fine examples.
At the same time keeps Carpenter his reader constantly by the fire. He knows that people know Tolkien primarily through The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. But it's only 230 pages into the book that he really cuts to the bone of his two known works. During the first 230 pages throws Carpenter small bread crumbs, so you constantly read on, while you get, without saying it directly as literary criticism, a clear picture of why Tolkien's works have been as they are. Language tools
Second, the chapters very inviting titles as "The breaking of the fellowship" (refers to Tolkien's friend group that decimated during World War I), "The making of a mythology life light (about Tolkien's unique life light myth-making) life light and" Enter Mr. Baggins "(When The Hobbit paves the way to success). It's a small detail, but welcoming titles life light are not to sneeze at!
Thirdly, and perhaps most important, shuffling Carpenter life light at best New Journalism-style reportage-like elements in which one experiences Tolkien's life as it happens. Listen to this from the chapter "Oxford Life", which Carpenter describes a classic Tolkien today as it might have looked like in order to show that it is not so classic and boring as they might otherwise be able to believe:
"Han har not finished shaving når front doorbell rings. Edith answers it, but she calls him and he comes downstairs with half his face still covered in lather. It is only the postman, but he says att there is a great deal of smoke coming out of the study chimney, and bør Mr Tolkien two see if everything is all right? "- life light Yes, it's exciting, and you get constant desire to read further. Two very talented authors thank the
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