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JRR tolkien

es or others. After the war he got a job, working at the New English Dictionary, but in 1920 hewas appointed reader in English at Leeds University. Four years later he was promoted toProfessor, which is the highest academic rank in British universities. It was this time thathe started writing. At this stage he thought of his tales as being a new mythology forEngland. These early works, which laid the basis for his later works, are now published as"The Book of Lost Tales". In 1925 he was elected to the Professorship at Oxford. Therehe specialized in Philology, the study of words, and was among the most accomplishedscholars in his field. His love of words led him to work on a series of languages for theElves of Middle-earth. Though out his lifetime this obsession drove him to producefourteen languages and he also showed how these languages developed over the course ofhistory of Middle-earth. Tolkien said that the one of the first alphabets, called Tengwar,became very popular because it was a very flexible writing system that was easily adaptedby the many different races of Middle-earth for use with their languages. The main flaw ofthis language was that it was very difficult to inscribe onto metal, stone or wood. This ledto the creation of alphabet but with simpler characters made with strait lines. Tolkienoften signed his work with " }$O@O@O8bael/u} ", which translates into his name. Overthe course of the next few years Tolkien wrote four books for each of his four children. Of these, "The Hobbit" is the best known and was eventually published in 1937. StanleyUnwin, the publisher asked for a sequel but Tolkien was skeptical of a sequel's success. He felt as if his work would only be enjoyed by a small minority and was surprised with hisprevious success. Once he began though, he became very involved with the book.Unfortunately World War II intervened, and slowed the process downconsiderably, taking a total of twelve years to...

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