The Man Who Understands Hobbits
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The Man Who Understands Hobbits ist die Schlagzeile eines Interviews mit J.R.R. Tolkien von Charlotte and Denis Plimmer, das am 22. März 1968 im Daily Telegraph Magazine veröffentlicht wurde. Das Interview wurde am 30. November 1966 geführt.[1]
In Brief 294 antwortet Tolkien auf einen Entwurf des Artikels und schreibt über Änderungsvorschläge. [2]
Der Artikel wurde in The Daily Times-Journal of Fort William, Ontario und Moose Jaw Times-Herald[3] nachgedruckt.
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"Spiders," observed Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, cradling the word with the same affection that he cradled the pipe in his hand, "are the particular terror of northern imaginations."
Discussing one of his own monsters, a man-devouring, spider-like female, he said, "The female monster is certainly no deadlier than the male, but she is different. She is a sucking, strangling, trapping creature."
"I never expected a money success," said Tolkien, pacing the room, as he does constantly when he speaks "in fact, I never even thought of commercial publication when I wrote THE HOBBIT back in the Thirties."
When we asked Tolkien how Elvish should be sung, he replied, "Like Gregorian chants." The he intoned the first lines of the farewell song of Galadriel, the Elf Queen ...
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- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull und J. R. R. Tolkien: The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide(Boxed Set] -Chronology, Harper Collins Publ. UK; Revised and expanded edition (2. November 2017) S. 715f, 719 & 721ff)
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J. R. R. Tolkien Briefe, 4. deutsche Auflage, Klett-Cotta S. 485
- ↑ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Man_Who_Understands_Hobbits
