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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
The Ring of Words Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner
Tolkien's first job, on returning home from World War I, was as an assistant on the staff of the OED. He later said that he had "learned more in those two years than in any other equal part of his life." The Ring of Words reveals how his professional work on the Oxford English Dictionary influenced Tolkien's creative u...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199210763
ISBN-10: 0199210764
Publication Date: 8/28/2007
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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