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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 use of language in his fict...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198610694
ISBN-10: 0198610696
Publication Date: 5/18/2006
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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