Tolkien's Lost Chaucer

Name: Tolkien's Lost Chaucer
Author: John M. Bowers
ISBN: 9780198842675

Written by John M. Bowers

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327 pages, about 7 hours of reading

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Tolkien's Lost Chaucer uncovers the story of an unpublished and previously unknown book by the author of The Lord of the Rings. It reveals how major episodes from the trilogy were inspired by Tolkien's editing and teaching of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

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