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23 de may. de 2024 · Great Lives is a BBC Radio 4 biography series, produced in Bristol. It has been presented by Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock and currently (since April 2006) Matthew Parris. A distinguished guest is asked to nominate the person they feel is truly deserving of the title "Great Life".
25 de may. de 2024 · Join us to continue our deep dive into the lore behind Amazon’s upcoming series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Sources: (1) J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter; (2) The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien; (3) Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
9 de may. de 2024 · Como relata Humphrey Carpenter, primer y mejor biógrafo de Tolkien, cuando este se juntaba con el autor de Las Crónicas de Narnia, las discusiones entre ambos tenían lugar “cuando podían reunirse por una o dos horas a beber cerveza en el Eastgae, un pub cercano”.
10 de may. de 2024 · Humphrey Carpenter's J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography explained that a tarantula once bit Tolkien when he was growing up in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Many pointed to the incident as the source of Tolkien's fascination with evil spiders, but Tolkien denied this.
22 de may. de 2024 · Between stories like this and Humphrey Carpenter’s assertion that Tolkien’s switch to English in 1913 was a reaction to being “ bored with Latin and Greek authors” (p. 55), it’s no wonder that Tolkien is sometimes viewed as rejecting the classical tradition entirely, championing the merits of Germanic lore over the outraged ...
Hace 2 días · Humphrey Carpenter, who wrote the acclaimed biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, draws upon unpublished letters and diaries, to which he was given special access, in this engrossing story. + Read More.
Hace 2 días · Humphrey Carpenter, who wrote the acclaimed biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, draws upon unpublished letters and diaries, to which he was given special access, in this engrossing story.
