The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 27 April 2006
- ISBN 9780198610694
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 216x138x19 mm
- Weight 425 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 15 half-tones 0
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Short description:
The Ring of Words describes the powerful and unique relationship between Tolkien's creative use of language in his fictional works and his professional work on the Oxford English Dictionary. Here three authors, themselves editors of the OED, engage directly with Tolkien's work as a lexicographer and his creativity as a word user and creator; the main section of the book offers 'word studies' which explore individual words Tolkien used in terms of their
origins, development, and significance in his fictional world.
Long description:
The Ring of Words describes the powerful and unique relationship between Tolkien's creative use of language in his fictional works and his professional work on the Oxford English Dictionary. Tolkien's earliest employment was as an assistant on the staff of the OED, and he later said that he had 'learned more in those two years than in any other equal part of [his] life'.
Here three authors, themselves senior editors of the OED, engage directly with Tolkien's language and his fictional world. Two discursive sections explore Tolkien as a lexicographer and his creativity as a word user and creator; while the main section of the book is made up of individual 'word studies' which explore words found in Tolkien's fiction in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional world. Words such as 'hobbit', 'attercop', 'precious', 'Smeagol',
and 'waybread' are explored in fascinating detail.
The Ring of Words offers a new and unexplored angle on the creative world of one of our most famous and well-loved writers, presenting new archive material for the first time.
a valuable contribution to study of the OED itself....The Ring of Words successfully reunites the academic and creative aspects of Tolkien.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Tolkien as Lexicographer
Tolkien as Wordwright
Word Studies
Epilogue: Tolkien's influence on the English Language
Bibliography
Index
