A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (9780008131395 / MAN-U29-02500008131392) - J.R.R. Tolkien - Other - Hardcover - HarperCollins Publishers - Dimensions: 228 x 149 x 23 mm - Edition number: 1 - ISBN: 9780008131395 | Secret Vice
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In the 1930s, Tolkien composed and delivered two lectures, in which he explored these two key elements of his subcreative methodology. The second of these, the seminal Andrew Lang Lecture for 19389, 'On FairyStories', which he delivered at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, is well known. This talk would be edited by Christopher Tolkien for inclusion as 'A Secret Vice' in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays and serves as the principal exposition of Tolkien's art of inventing languages.
This new critical edition, which includes previously unpublished notes and drafts by Tolkien connected with the essay, including his 'Essay on Phonetic Symbolism', goes some way towards reopening the debate on the importance of linguistic invention in Tolkien's mythology and the role of imaginary languages in fantasy literature.
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| Brand | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. is a publishing company that was founded in 1817. It is one of the largest publishing companies in the world and is headquartered in New York City. HarperCollins publishes books for adults and children in over 100 countries. |
| ISBN | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 9780008131395 |
| MPN | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd MAN-U29-02500008131392 |
| ID | 13487915 |
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| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Binding | Other |
| Book type | Hardcover |
| Dimensions | 228 x 149 x 23 mm |
| Edited by | Dimitra Fimi |
| Edition number | 1 |
| ISBN | 9780008131395 |
| Language | English |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Pages | 300 |
| Publication year | 2016 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Weight | 390 g |
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