Browsing the Compleat Middle-Earth Library - Page 12
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For a complete listing of all the contents of The History of Middle-earth books, check out Ninni M. Pettersen's exhaustive guide at the Forodrim Web site.
Tertiary sources
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A biography
Although the book reveals very little information about Middle-earth, it does provide a framework for the study of Tolkien's life and career. It also places oblique references to many acknowledged or attributed sources within a chronological context. Commentators often simply tell you, "Tolkien used X from Y" without explaining when he would have studied Y and what the appeal of X may have been. Humphrey Carpenter's book helps in that respect. Some of the more recent Tolkien biographies may do better, but this one is the least controversial.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator
There was an earlier book, Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, which this book was intended to replace. If you seriously want to know how Tolkien visually depicted events and characters in the Middle-earth stories (or their predecessors), you'll want to buy this book. More than a hundred paintings and illustrations are included, and the authors provide extensive commentary and analysis. The book helps to explain when, where, and why Tolkien made many of his decisions about Middle-earth. And it's just fun to look at, too.
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