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'''Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill''' ([[19 April]] [[1899]]-[[6 November]] [[1980]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He published a famous translation of the ''Canterbury Tales''. | '''Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill''' ([[19 April]] [[1899]]-[[6 November]] [[1980]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He published a famous translation of the ''Canterbury Tales''. | ||
Soon after the publication of the ''[[Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Coghill wrote to Tolkien asking some explanations about the story; Tolkein [[Letter to Nevill Coghill|replied in a letter]] ([[21 August]] [[1954]]) that some things should be left until the later volumes of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' appeared. | |||
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Revision as of 10:09, 23 February 2021
Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill (19 April 1899-6 November 1980) was a fellow Inkling with J.R.R. Tolkien. He published a famous translation of the Canterbury Tales.
Soon after the publication of the Fellowship of the Ring, Coghill wrote to Tolkien asking some explanations about the story; Tolkein replied in a letter (21 August 1954) that some things should be left until the later volumes of The Lord of the Rings appeared.
Bibliography, selected
Books
- 1958: The Pardoner's Tale. Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. Nevill Coghill and Christopher Tolkien. London: George G. Harrap, 1958. [29 Oct 58]
- 1959: The Nun's Priest's Tale. Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. Nevill Coghill and Christopher Tolkien. London: George G. Harrap, 1959. [28 Feb 60]
- 1969: The Man of Law's Tale. Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. Nevill Coghill and Christopher Tolkien. London: George G. Harrap, 1969. [Jun 69]
Articles
- 1962: English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday
- "God's Wenches and the Light that Spoke (a note on Langland's kind of poetry)"