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In this 5 page essay, the writer essentially discusses the life and works of Tolkein,-- focusing specifically upon the imaginary worlds he managed to create in "The Hobbit" and "Lord Of The Rings" and his love for language (philology). Throughout the essay, examples of words and names created by Tolkein are provided as are their meanings & usefulness in his stories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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my sources have described him as "unique in modern fiction" or even as the writer of "the most important fantasy stories of the modern period." From his birth in
1914 to his death in 1973, J.R.R. Tolkien drew on a familiarity that he had with ancient and Northern literature-types which allowed him to invent his own languages and as
a result not only his own stories, but his own world as well. According to my research, J.R.R. Tolkien began to create his secondary world
while he was still a student, just before he enlisted himself in World War I. Most of his famous fiction drew upon his early stories some of which appeared
later in a book edited by Christopher Tolkien that appeared after J.R.R.s death entitled "The History of Middle Earth." I learned that at first, the Hobbit had almost no
connection with Tolkiens legendary histories that he love to study, he just wrote it to please his own children (Tolkien, C. 1977). Lord of the Rings became legend-like and
then went on to be the chronicle of the last days of the Third Age of Middle Earth. After The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien published a series of
related poems that I never read entitled The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. In my research, I found that other fiction he published during his lifetime included Farmer Giles of
Ham, Leaf by Niggle, and Smith of Wooton Major (Lazear, 1976). As I briefly touched upon, Tolkien liked to use his awesome power over the English language to create his
legends. This is called philology, in this case meaning writing books that use ones love of language to strongly influence the perception of readers. Names in Tolkiens fiction
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