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- War was a catalyst for Tolkien: it was an unprecedented experience that galvanized him to write stories unlike anything the world had ever seen before. “A real taste for fairy-stories,” Tolkien once explained, “was wakened by philology on the threshold of manhood, and quickened to full life by war.”
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Jan 3, 2017 · For the 125th anniversary of his birth, Simon Tolkien describes how the Great War lives on in his grandfather JRR Tolkien's stories.
- Simon Tolkien
- His Grew Up in South Africa and England
- He Fought at The Somme
- He Wrote Stories in His Free Time
- The Novel Was An Immediate Success
- A War Influence?
Tolkien was born and raised as a child in British South Africa. An oft-cited fact states that a bite from a baboon spider gave him a lifelong hatred of the insect, which later showed up as a terrifying creature in his novels; however, he stated he had no memory of the bite. What was meant to be a prolonged holiday in England changed into a permanen...
By the time Tolkien graduated with a first-class degree in English in 1915, the complexion of the world had changed, and he was already under pressure to enlist in the army. The following year, as a healthy young man, he was ordered to join a regiment in France as an officer. His baptism of fire came at the famously brutal Somme. Tolkien was immens...
After the war, Tolkien settled down to raise a family with Edith – who he adored, and later became the inspiration for Middle-earth characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Undómie – and become an academic, specialising in old English texts like Beowulf. In his down time he enjoyed writing stories for his children, and doodled the first line of The Ho...
Much to Tolkien’s surprise, when Mr Unwin’s ten-year old son enjoyed the tale, it was published in September 1937. All the original copies, which were designed and illustrated by the author, sold out in weeks, and new print runs were almost constant until paper rationing began during World War Two. The book was such a success that Tolkien was soon ...
In the eighty years since The Hobbit was published it has been subject to endless literary criticism, as writers have tried particularly to understand the impact of World War One upon Tolkien’s work. However, another interesting influence comes in the form of Norse mythology. Many of the names in the book, including Gandalf, are taken from old saga...
Tolkien stated that he had been influenced by his childhood experiences of the English countryside of Worcestershire and its urbanisation by the growth of Birmingham, and his personal experience of the First World War.
Oct 13, 2020 · Tolkien served in the Great War and happened to be stationed at one of the worst battles imaginable. The visions of human walls of men charging into battle and falling wasn’t imagined in his...
Jul 29, 2024 · In a 1968 interview, the BBC spoke to author JRR Tolkien about how his experiences during World War One had a profound effect and influenced his fantasy epic, Lord of the Rings.
Aug 23, 2024 · J.R.R. Tolkien served in the British Army during World War I (or the "Great War"), most notably in the bloody Battle of the Somme. The earliest works of the legendarium —collected in The Book of Lost Tales Part Two —were begun during the conflict.
