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'''''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide''''' is a reference guide to the life of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Compiled by [[Christina Scull]] and [[Wayne G. Hammond]], it is composed of two tomes:
'''''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide''''' is a comprehensive in-depth study and referential guide to the life and works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Compiled by [[Christina Scull]] and [[Wayne G. Hammond]].


* ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide''
==First Edition==
* ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology''
The first edition was released in [[2006]], it is composed of two volumes:


A second edition was announced in [[2016]], corrected and enlarged, which was published in [[2017]] in three volumes.<ref>{{webcite|author=Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull|articleurl=http://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/tolkien-companion-and-guide-2nd-ed/|articlename=Tolkien Companion and Guide 2nd Ed.|dated=4 October 2016|website=[http://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/ Too Many Books and Never Enough]|accessed=1 October 2020}}</ref>
#'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology'''''
#'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader’s Guide'''''


==From the publisher==
The bulk of volume 1, ''Chronology'', consists of a chronological account of Tolkien's life. It includes a large number of quotations from letters written by Tolkien together with extracts from some of his diaries, papers in various archives and libraries, and from other unpublished or hard to find sources. Also included are some useful listings of Tolkien's writings, art and poetry.<ref>[http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=1144 TolkienBooks.net] (accessed 20 May 2022)</ref>
Designed to be the essential reference works for all readers and students, these volumes present the most thorough analysis possible of Tolkien's work within the important context of his life.


The ''Reader's Guide'' includes brief but comprehensive alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics, including a who's who of important persons, a guide to places and institutions, details concerning Tolkien's source material, information about the political and social upheavals through which the author lived, the importance of his social circle, his service as an infantryman in [[World War I]] — even information on the critical reaction to his work and the "Tolkien cult."
Volume 2, ''Reader’s Guide'', is a combined 'Who's Who', 'What's What' and 'Where's, Where' of all things Tolkien. It includes a large number of quotations from letters written by Tolkien together with extracts from some of his diaries, papers in various archives and libraries, and from other unpublished or hard to find sources.<ref>[http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=1145 TolkienBooks.net] (accessed 20 May 2022)</ref>


The ''Chronology'' details the parallel evolutions of Tolkien's works and his academic and personal life in minute detail. Spanning the entirety of his long life including nearly sixty years of active labor on his [[Middle-earth]] creations, and drawing on such contemporary sources as school records, war service files, biographies, correspondence, the letters of his close friend [[C.S. Lewis]], and the diaries of [[Warren "Warnie" Lewis|W.H. Lewis]], this book will be an invaluable resource for those who wish to gain a complete understanding of Tolkien's status as a giant of twentieth-century literature.
==Second Edition==
A second edition, revised and expanded, was released in three volumes in [[2017]].<ref>{{webcite|author=Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull|articleurl=http://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/tolkien-companion-and-guide-2nd-ed/|articlename=Tolkien Companion and Guide 2nd Ed.|dated=4 October 2016|website=[http://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/ Too Many Books and Never Enough]|accessed=1 October 2020}}</ref>
 
#'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 1: Chronology'''''
#'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 2: Reader’s Guide PART 1'''''
#'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 3: Reader’s Guide PART 2'''''
 
===From the publisher <small>(Second Edition)</small>===
{{blockquote|Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who’s who and chronology.<br/><br/>The three volumes contained in this slipcase, written by two of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien, comprise the definitive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the 20th century. Tolkien's progress is traced from his birth in South Africa in 1892, to the battlefields of France and the lecture-halls of Leeds and Oxford, to his success as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until his death in 1973. His many academic and literary achievements, his public reception, and his enduring fame are examined in detail.<br/><br/>The first volume in this set is a Chronology of Tolkien's life and works, the most extensive biographical resource about him ever published. Thousands of details have been drawn from letters, contemporary documents in libraries and archives, and a wide variety of other published and unpublished sources. Assembled together, they form a portrait of Tolkien in all his aspects: the distinguished scholar of Old and Middle English, the capable teacher and administrator, the devoted husband and father, the brilliant creator of Middle-earth.<br/><br/>The second and third volumes, the Reader's Guide, is an indispensable introduction to Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writing.}}


==Unique Tolkien writings==
==Unique Tolkien writings==
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*''Chronology'' (2006), p. 625: quotes from two writings concerning an abandoned preface to 'The Golden Key'. (?Late November 1964-?mid-February 1965)
*''Chronology'' (2006), p. 625: quotes from two writings concerning an abandoned preface to 'The Golden Key'. (?Late November 1964-?mid-February 1965)


== External links ==
==Publication history and gallery==
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|File:Companion and Guide ed2 v1.png|Second edition<br>vol.1
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*First Edition
**[[HarperCollins]] hardcover boxed set ([[11 November]] [[2006]]), pp. 2300. ISBN 0007169728
**[[Houghton Mifflin]] hardcover boxed set ([[6 October]] [[2006]]), pp. 2300. ISBN 0618391134
*Second Edition
**[[HarperCollins]] hardcover boxed set ([[2 November]] [[2017]]), pp. 2720. ISBN 0008214549
 
==See also==
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]''
*''[[A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien]]''
*''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]''
 
==External links==
*[http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/companion.html Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006)]
*[http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/companion.html Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006)]
*[http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/companion2.html Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2017)]
*[http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/companion2.html Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2017)]
*[[John Garth]], [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/215129 Review of the first edition], [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 4|Tolkien Studies. 4]]
*[[Jason Fisher]], [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/707038 Review of the second edition], [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 15|Tolkien Studies. 15]]


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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide.jpg
AuthorChristina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released11 November 2006 (UK)
6 October 2006 (US)
FormatHardcover boxed set
Pages2300
ISBNs0007169728
0618391134

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive in-depth study and referential guide to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Compiled by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

First Edition

The first edition was released in 2006, it is composed of two volumes:

  1. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology
  2. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader’s Guide

The bulk of volume 1, Chronology, consists of a chronological account of Tolkien's life. It includes a large number of quotations from letters written by Tolkien together with extracts from some of his diaries, papers in various archives and libraries, and from other unpublished or hard to find sources. Also included are some useful listings of Tolkien's writings, art and poetry.[1]

Volume 2, Reader’s Guide, is a combined 'Who's Who', 'What's What' and 'Where's, Where' of all things Tolkien. It includes a large number of quotations from letters written by Tolkien together with extracts from some of his diaries, papers in various archives and libraries, and from other unpublished or hard to find sources.[2]

Second Edition

A second edition, revised and expanded, was released in three volumes in 2017.[3]

  1. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 1: Chronology
  2. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 2: Reader’s Guide PART 1
  3. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 3: Reader’s Guide PART 2

From the publisher (Second Edition)

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who’s who and chronology.

The three volumes contained in this slipcase, written by two of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien, comprise the definitive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the 20th century. Tolkien's progress is traced from his birth in South Africa in 1892, to the battlefields of France and the lecture-halls of Leeds and Oxford, to his success as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until his death in 1973. His many academic and literary achievements, his public reception, and his enduring fame are examined in detail.

The first volume in this set is a Chronology of Tolkien's life and works, the most extensive biographical resource about him ever published. Thousands of details have been drawn from letters, contemporary documents in libraries and archives, and a wide variety of other published and unpublished sources. Assembled together, they form a portrait of Tolkien in all his aspects: the distinguished scholar of Old and Middle English, the capable teacher and administrator, the devoted husband and father, the brilliant creator of Middle-earth.

The second and third volumes, the Reader's Guide, is an indispensable introduction to Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writing.

Unique Tolkien writings

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide includes many quotes from formerly unpublished or hard-to-find writings of Tolkien.

  • Chronology (2006), p. 625: quotes from two writings concerning an abandoned preface to 'The Golden Key'. (?Late November 1964-?mid-February 1965)

Publication history and gallery

First edition
vol.1  
First edition
vol.2  
Second edition
boxed set  
Second edition
vol.1  
Second edition
vol.2  
Second edition
vol.3  

See also

External links

References

  1. TolkienBooks.net (accessed 20 May 2022)
  2. TolkienBooks.net (accessed 20 May 2022)
  3. Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, "Tolkien Companion and Guide 2nd Ed." dated 4 October 2016, Too Many Books and Never Enough (accessed 1 October 2020)
A J.R.R. Tolkien book guide
Books by or mainly by Tolkien
Of Arda Authored by
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings
(i.The Fellowship of the Ring · ii.The Two Towers · iii.The Return of the King) ·
The Road Goes Ever On · Bilbo's Last Song
Edited by Christopher Tolkien The Silmarillion · Unfinished Tales · The History of Middle-earth series
(i.The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii.The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii.The Lays of Beleriand · iv.The Shaping of Middle-earth · v.The Lost Road and Other Writings · vi.The Return of the Shadow · vii.The Treason of Isengard · viii.The War of the Ring · ix.Sauron Defeated · x.Morgoth's Ring · xi.The War of the Jewels · xii.The Peoples of Middle-earth · Index) ·
The Children of Húrin · Beren and Lúthien · The Fall of Gondolin
Edited by others The Annotated Hobbit · The History of The Hobbit · The Nature of Middle-earth ·
The Fall of Númenor · The Maps of Middle-earth
Not of Arda Short stories
and poems
Leaf by Niggle · Farmer Giles of Ham · Smith of Wootton Major · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ·
Letters from Father Christmas · Mr. Bliss · Roverandom ·
Tree and Leaf (compilation) · Tales from the Perilous Realm (compilation)
Fictional works The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún · The Fall of Arthur · The Story of Kullervo · The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
Translations and academic works Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo · Finn and Hengest ·
The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays · Beowulf and the Critics · Tolkien On Fairy-stories ·
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary · A Secret Vice · The Battle of Maldon
Collected letters and poems The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien · The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited old texts A Middle English Vocabulary · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Ancrene Wisse · The Old English Exodus
Books by other authors
Biographies J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography · The Inklings · Tolkien and the Great War
Reference works The Complete Guide to Middle-earth · The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
Scholarly studies The Road to Middle-earth · The Keys of Middle-earth · The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion ·
The Ring of Words · A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien · Tolkien's Lost Chaucer ·
Tolkien's Library · Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959
Scholarly journals Tolkien Studies · (The Chronology)
Other works by Tolkien
Linguistic journals Vinyar Tengwar various issues · Parma Eldalamberon issue 11-22
Collections of artwork
and manuscripts
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien · J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend · J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator ·
The Art of The Hobbit · The Art of The Lord of the Rings · Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth ·
Tolkien: Treasures · J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript
This list is only a selection of works, for a fuller bibliography of Tolkien see here or here. See also a timeline and an index.