A unique companion to The Lord of the Rings which relates the textual history of the Nation's Favourite Read; with a previously unpublished Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, written by Tolkien himself.
In The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion internationally acclaimed scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull examine Tolkien's masterpiece chapter by chapter, offering expert insights into its evolution, structure, and meaning. They discuss important influences on its development, connections between that work and other writings by Tolkien, errors and inconsistencies, significant changes to the text, and archaic and unusual words used by Tolkien. Thousands of notes, keyed to standard editions of The Lord of the Rings but universally accessible, reveal the richness and complexity of one of the most popular works of fiction in our time.
Extensive reference is made also to writings by Tolkien not previously or widely published, including elaborate time-schemes, an unfinished manuscript index to The Lord of the Rings, and most notably, the important Nomenclature or guide to names in The Lord of the Rings prepared for the use of translators, long out of print and now newly transcribed and printed in its entirety.
With these resources at hand, even the most seasoned reader of The Lord of the Rings will come to a greater enjoyment and appreciation of Tolkien's magnificent achievement.
Published originally in 2005, the Reader's Companion won the annual Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inkling Studies. It has now been revised and updated to mark the 60th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings.
Author(s): Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull
Edition: 3
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 976
City: London
Tags: Tolkien
Colour plate: The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water by J.R.T Tolkien, first published in The Hobbit
Synoptic time-scheme for The Lord of the Rings, in J.R.R Tolkien Papers
CONTENTS
PREFACE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS
CHRONOLOGIES, CALENDARS, AND MOONS
PRELIMINARIES
THE MAPS OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
PROLOGUE
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
BOOK ONE
Chapter 1 A LONG-EXPECTED PARTY
Chapter 2 THE SHADOW OF THE PAST
Chapter 3 THREE IS COMPANY
Chapter 4 A SHORT CUT TO MUSHROOMS
Chapter 5 A CONSPIRACY UNMASKED
Chapter 6 THE OLD FOREST
Chapter 7 IN THE HOUSE OF TOM BOMBADIL
Chapter 8 FOG ON THE BARROW-DOWNS
Chapter 9 AT THE SIGN OF THE PRANCING PONY
Chapter 10 STRIDER
Chapter 11 A KNIFE IN THE DARK
Chapter 12 FLIGHT TO THE FORD
BOOK TWO
Chapter 1 MANY MEETINGS
Chapter 2 THE COUNCIL OF ELROND
Chapter 3 THE RING GOES SOUTH
Chapter 4 A JOURNEY IN THE DARK
Chapter 5 THE BRIDGE OF KHAZAD-DUM
Chapter 6 LOTHLORIEN
Chapter 7 THE MIRROR OF GALADRIEL
Chapter 8 FAREWELL TO LORIEN
Chapter 9 THE GREAT RIVER
Chapter 10 THE BREAKING OF THE FELLOWSHIP
THE TWO TOWERS
BOOK THREE
Chapter 1 THE DEPARTURE OF BOROMIR
Chapter 2 THE RIDERS OF ROHAN
Chapter 3 THE URUK-HAI
Chapter 4 TREEBEARD
Chapter 5 THE WHITE RIDER
Chapter 6 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN HALL
Chapter 7 HELM’S DEEP
Chapter 8 THE ROAD TO ISENGARD
Chapter 9 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
Chapter 10 THE VOICE OF SARUMAN
Chapter 11 THE PALANTIR
BOOK FOUR
Chapter 1 THE TAMING OF SMEAGOL
Chapter 2 THE PASSAGE OF THE MARSHES
Chapter 3 THE BLACK GATE IS CLOSED
Chapter 4 OF HERBS AND STEWED RABBIT
Chapter 5 THE WINDOW ON THE WEST
Chapter 6 THE FORBIDDEN POOL
Chapter 7 JOURNEY TO THE CROSS-ROADS
Chapter 8 THE STAIRS OF CIRITH UNGOL
Chapter 9 SHELOB’S LAIR
Chapter 10 THE CHOICES OF MASTER SAMWISE
THE RETURN OF THE KING
BOOK FIVE
Chapter 1 MINAS TIRITH
Chapter 2 THE PASSING OF THE GREY COMPANY
Chapter 3 THE MUSTER OF ROHAN
Chapter 4 THE SIEGE OF GONDOR
Chapter 5 THE RIDE OF THE ROHIRRIM
Chapter 6 THE BATTLE OF THE PELENNOR FIELDS
Chapter 7 THE PYRE OF DENETHOR
Chapter 8 THE HOUSES OF HEALING
Chapter 9 THE LAST DEBATE
Chapter 10 THE BLACK GATE OPENS
BOOK SIX
Chapter 1 THE TOWER OF CIRITH UNGOL
Chapter 2 THE LAND OF SHADOW
Chapter 3 MOUNT DOOM
Chapter 4 THE FIELD OF CORMALLEN
Chapter 5 THE STEWARD AND THE KING
Chapter 6 MANY PARTINGS
Chapter 7 HOMEWARD BOUND
Chapter 8 THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE
Chapter 9 THE GREY HAVENS
APPENDICES
A. ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS
B. THE TALE OF YEARS
C. FAMILY TREES
D. THE CALENDARS
E. WRITING AND SPELLING
F. THE LANGUAGES AND PEOPLES OF THE THIRD AGE
ON TRANSLATION
EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN TO MILTON WALDMAN, ?LATE 1951, ON THE LORD OF THE RINGS
NOMENCLATURE OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
Abbreviations
Persons, Peoples, Creatures
Places
Things
CHANGES TO THE EDITIONS OF 2004 - 5
LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED
INDEX
Dust covers of the book
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