内容简介
AuniquecompaniontoTheLordoftheRingswhichrelatesthetextualhistoryoftheNation'sFavouriteRead;withapreviouslyunpublishedGuidetotheNamesinTheLordoftheRings,writtenbyTolkienhimself.InTheLordoftheRings:AReader'sCompanioninternationallyacclaimedscholarsWayneG.HammondandChristinaScullexamineTolkien'smasterpiecechapterbychapter,offeringexpertinsightsintoitsevolution,structure,andmeaning.Theydiscussimportantinfluencesonitsdevelopment,connectionsbetweenthatworkandotherwritingsbyTolkien,errorsandinconsistencies,significantchangestothetext,andarchaicandunusualwordsusedbyTolkien.Thousandsofnotes,keyedtostandardeditionsofTheLordoftheRingsbutuniversallyaccessible,revealtherichnessandcomplexityofoneofthemostpopularworksoffictioninourtime.ExtensivereferenceismadealsotowritingsbyTolkiennotpreviouslyorwidelypublished,includingelaboratetime-schemes,anunfinishedmanuscriptindextoTheLordoftheRings,andmostnotably,theimportantNomenclatureorguidetonamesinTheLordoftheRingspreparedfortheuseoftranslators,longoutofprintandnownewlytranscribedandprintedinitsentirety.Withtheseresourcesathand,eventhemostseasonedreaderofTheLordoftheRingswillcometoagreaterenjoymentandappreciationofTolkien'smagnificentachievement.Publishedoriginallyin2005,theReader'sCompanionwontheannualMythopoeicScholarshipAwardinInklingStudies.Ithasnowbeenrevisedandupdatedtomarkthe60thanniversaryofTheLordoftheRings.
作者简介
WayneG.HammondisAssistantLibrarianintheChapinLibraryofRareBooks,WilliamsCollege,andtheauthorofstandardbibliographiesofJ.R.R.TolkienandArthurRansome.Hiswife,ChristinaScull,istheformerLibrarianofSirJohnSoane'sMuseum,London,andeditoroftheoccasionalmagazineTheTolkienCollector.TogethertheyhavewrittenJ.R.R.Tolkien:Artist&Illustrator,compiledthenewindextoTolkien'spublishedLetters,andeditedTolkien'sRoverandom,FarmerGilesofHam,andthe50thanniversaryeditionofTheLordoftheRings.Theyarecurrentlycompletingtheirlong-awaitedJ.R.R.TolkienCompanionandGuideforHarperCollins.