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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 Oxford English Dictionary. 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 OED influenced Tolkien's creative use of language in his ficti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199568369
ISBN-10: 0199568367
Publication Date: 8/17/2009
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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