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John D. Rateliff 著

出版社： HarperCollins UK

ISBN：9780007440825

商品编码：19251085

包装：精装

出版时间：2011-10-01

用纸：胶版纸

页数：960

商品尺寸：22.1x15.24x6.86cm;1.27kg

内容简介

In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece 'The Hobbit' includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself. For the first time in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete unpublished text of the original manuscript of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. As well as recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, it examines -- chapter-by-chapter -- why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its successor, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that "grew in the telling", and many characters and story threads in the published text are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their "fireside reads". As well as reproducing the original version of one of literature's most famous stories, both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings, this new book includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings. Like Christopher Tolkien's The History of The Lord of the Rings before it, this is a thoughtful yet exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature. Long overdue for a classic book now celebrating 75 years in print, this companion edition offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight those who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.

作者简介

John D. Rateliff moved to Wisconsin in 1981 in order to work with the Tolkien manuscripts at Marquette University. He has been active in Tolkien scholarship for many years, delivering papers on Tolkien and the Inklings. While at Marquette, he assisted in the collation of their holdings with those Christopher Tolkien was editing for his History of Middle-earth series. A professional editor, he lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three cats, only one of whom is named after a Tolkien character.

前言/序言

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私底下，托尔金被任何有关种族及语言学意含的事物吸引，并且思考著一种与生俱来的语言品味，一种他在1955年“英语与威尔士语”这场演讲中所提到的“母语”（native language），相对于自幼时所学的语言（cradle language）。他认为西密德兰的中古英语是他所拥有的“母语”，就如同他在1955年给大诗人奥登的书信中所提到：‘在血缘上，我是一位西密德兰人（并且早先在我第一眼看到西密德兰的中古英语时，我就已经视他为已知的语言）。’

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《魔戒》的开头类似儿童作品，但之后写作风格迅速变得严肃和黑暗。《魔戒》是20世纪最流行的文学作品之一，无论是从销售量还是读者评价来讲。托尔金的重要影响在于，在《魔戒》成功之后，奇幻小说这一文学体裁迅速发展起来。

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英国出版的7册套装跟随托尔金的六篇间隔篇排，但第六篇末尾的附录被独立成为一册。所看到的三部曲每册的名字是在他去世后才决定的，结合了托尔金生前的构思、每篇的标题和整部作品阿尔达的语言 托尔金的学术生涯和他的文学创作两者和他所钟爱的语言和哲学是不可分割的。他在大学时代专攻古希腊哲学，并自1918年开始投入牛津英语辞典的编写工作，其中被认为曾研究W为首字的一些词汇，包括walrus“海象”此字的字源—一个他曾头痛许久的词汇。1920年，托尔金赴利兹担任英语高级讲师，并声称是因为他而使得语言学学生的数量由5位增加至20位。他曾教授古英语英雄诗体、英语历史、许多古英语及中古英语文本、古英语及中古英语哲学、日耳曼哲学介绍、哥德语、古冰岛语及中古威尔士语。1925年托尔金33岁那年，他成功申请到盎格鲁撒克逊的Rawlinson及Bosworth教授职缺，并以其在利兹的日耳曼哲学的学生曾组成一个“维京俱乐部”（VikingClub）为傲—在俱乐部里，大学生可以自由地阅读古斯堪的纳维亚的冒险故事及喝啤酒。

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原本两册的书合订为一本，看起来更加方便。装帧和纸质都还不错，托尔金爱好者必备的书。唯一不满意的是封面上有一块不干胶，擦了很久才擦干净，不知道是怎么黏上去的。

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托尔金认为语言及与之关联的神话传说是不可分割的，因此他终究对国际辅助语言持悲观的态度：他在1930年一场演讲“秘密的罪行”中对一群世界语的使用者说：‘你们的语言将产生一部神话’，然而在1956年他却下一个结论：‘沃拉普克语、世界语、伊多语及诺维亚语等等，诸如此类，均是枯萎死亡的语言，远比现已不被使用的远古语言死的还要透，因为他们的创作者从未创作任何世界语的传奇故事。’