John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and
university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy
works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
After his death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on
his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The
Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented
languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called ‘Arda’, and Middle-earth within
it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term ‘legendarium’ to the larger part of these writings
While many other authors had published works of fantasy
before Tolkien the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused
Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy
literature —or, more
precisely, of high fantasy.
We have
some of Tolkiens
work here in
the library and its just waiting to be
borrowed. Be
sure to check out our fiction section. It’s on the ground floor, adjacent to the
issue desk.
Tolkiens work can also be read online here
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