J.R.R. Tolkien at the time of the First World War
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Original Title: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien) is a selection of J.R.R. Tolkien's letters published in 1981 and edited by Tolkien's biographer Humphrey Carpenter, assisted by Christopher Tolkien. The selection contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien was an undergraduate in Oxford, and August 29, 1973, four days before his death. Categories
The letters can be classified as follows:
This last category is especially interesting for Tolkien fans because it provides a lot of information about Middle Earth that can be found in books published by Tolkien itself. War
Tolkien was liaison officer during the Battle of the Somme and he often wrote and wrote about his aversion of war, which may be the reason for war. This is evidenced by a large number of letters he wrote during the Second World War to his son Christopher, who often provokes a sense of gloom. What is particularly noticeable is his reaction to the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, referring to the bombers of the Manhattan Project as "Babelbouwers". Externe link
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