The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver, E.S.C. Weiner, Jeremy Marshall

The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

Peter Gilliver, E.S.C. Weiner, Jeremy Marshall

nonfiction biography adventurous informative slow-paced

234 pages | first published 2006

Edition information

Description

Tolkien's first job, on returning home from World War I, was as an assistant on the staff of the OED. He later said that he had "learned more in those two years than in any other equal part of his life." The Ring of Words reveals how his professio...
Browse similar books...

Plus

Book information

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.

Community Reviews

Summary of 28 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Average rating

3.82

See all reviews...