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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. | ||
*'''Publication:''' The letter is quoted in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]''. | *'''Publication:''' The letter is quoted in ''[[W.H. Auden: A Legacy]]''. | ||
==Excerpt== | ==Excerpt== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)]] | *[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)]] | ||
*[[Roger Verhulst 8 April 1966]] | *[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (8 April 1966)]] | ||
*[[Roger Verhulst 3 May 1966]] | *[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (3 May 1966)]] | ||
*[[Roger Verhulst 4 December 1967]] | *[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (4 December 1967)]] | ||
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[[Category:Letters|Jellema, Rod]] | [[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]
- Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)
- Letter to Roger Verhulst (8 April 1966)
- Letter to Roger Verhulst (3 May 1966)
- Letter to Roger Verhulst (4 December 1967)
References
- ↑ 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
