Draft:Tolkien and constructed languages
J. R. R. Tolkien and constructed languages.
is there a public domain image of letters or something? if not, portrait of him as a youth
Background
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[edit]From A Secret Vice section Synopsis
International languages
[edit]Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.
J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter 180 (1956)
Tolkien and Esperanto
A Philologist on Esperanto
Letter 180
That unpublished Esperanto diary
Tolkien's languages
[edit]References
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[edit]- Cilli, Oronzo; Smith, Arden R.; Wynne, Patrick H.; Garth, John (2017). J. R. R. Tolkien the Esperantist: Before the Arrival of Bilbo Baggins. Barletta: Cafagna. ISBN 978-88-96906-33-0. OCLC 1020852373.
- Smith, Arden R. (2000). "Tolkien and Esperanto". VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center. 17: 27–46. ISSN 0271-3012.
- A Secret Vice critical edition probably
