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'''''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 first edition is composed of two volumes: ''Chronology'' and ''Reader's Guide''.
'''''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]].


A second edition was announced in [[2016]], revised and expanded, and published 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 volumes are:
The first edition was released in [[2016]], it is composed of two volumes: ''Chronology'' and ''Reader's Guide''.
 
==Second Edition==
The 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 1: Chronology'''''
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*'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 3: Reader’s Guide PART 2'''''
*'''''The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 3: Reader’s Guide PART 2'''''


==Description from the publisher (Second Edition)==
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by Tolkien together with extracts from some of his diaries, papers in various archives and libraries, and from other unpublished or hard to find sources.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>
 
Volume 2 & 3, ''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>
 
==Description from the publisher==
{{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.}}
{{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.}}


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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 ==
==See also==
*[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]
*[[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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Revision as of 23:09, 20 May 2022

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
Tolkien Companion and Guide 3 Volume.jpeg
AuthorChristina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released6 October 2006
FormatHardcover
Pages2720
ISBN0618391134

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 first edition was released in 2016, it is composed of two volumes: Chronology and Reader's Guide.

Second Edition

The second edition, revised and expanded, was released in three volumes in 2017.[1]

  • 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

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.[2]

Volume 2 & 3, 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.[3]

Description from the publisher

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)

See also

External links

References

  1. 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)
  2. TolkienBooks.net (accessed 20 May 2022)
  3. TolkienBooks.net (accessed 20 May 2022)