A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Overview

First ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones.

J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008591768
• ISBN13: 9780008591762
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.3"