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'''Rod Jellema 1966''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to [[Rod Jellema]], written in Spring, [[1966]].<ref>Rod Jellema, "Auden on Tolkien: The Book that Isn't, and the House that Brought it Down", in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]'', p. 39</ref>
In the Spring of [[1966]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to Jod Jellema'''.<ref>Rod Jellema, "Auden on Tolkien: The Book that Isn't, and the House that Brought it Down", in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]'', p. 39</ref>


*'''Contents:''' A reply to a letter from Jellema, concerning the controversy of Tolkien's disapproval of [[W.H. Auden]]'s intended book on Tolkien.
*'''Contents:''' A reply to a letter from Jellema, concerning the controversy of Tolkien's disapproval of [[W.H. Auden]]'s intended book on Tolkien.
*'''Authenticity:''' High
*'''Publication:''' The letter is quoted in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]''.
*'''Publication:''' The letter is quoted in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]''.
==Excerpt==
==Excerpt==
"''I do not ask that any such article should be 'respectful', but that it should at least be accurate ... To produce an article that does not misrepresent biographical facts or my opinions would require a person having an intimate knowledge of both, if it was to be written without troubling me.''"
"''I do not ask that any such article should be 'respectful', but that it should at least be accurate ... To produce an article that does not misrepresent biographical facts or my opinions would require a person having an intimate knowledge of both, if it was to be written without troubling me.''"
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Roger Verhulst 8 April 1966]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)]]
*[[Roger Verhulst 3 May 1966]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (8 April 1966)]]
*[[Roger Verhulst 4 December 1967]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (3 May 1966)]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (4 December 1967)]]
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[[CATEGORY:Letters]]
[[Category:Letters|Jellema, Rod]]

Latest revision as of 16:20, 30 May 2014

In the Spring of 1966, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Jod Jellema.[1]

  • Contents: A reply to a letter from Jellema, concerning the controversy of Tolkien's disapproval of W.H. Auden's intended book on Tolkien.
  • Publication: The letter is quoted in W.H. Auden: A Legacy.

Excerpt[edit | edit source]

"I do not ask that any such article should be 'respectful', but that it should at least be accurate ... To produce an article that does not misrepresent biographical facts or my opinions would require a person having an intimate knowledge of both, if it was to be written without troubling me."

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. Rod Jellema, "Auden on Tolkien: The Book that Isn't, and the House that Brought it Down", in W.H. Auden: A Legacy, p. 39