A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages by Dimitra Fimi, Andrew Higgins, J.R.R. Tolkien

A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages

Dimitra Fimi, Andrew Higgins, J.R.R. Tolkien

157 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

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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.

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