CONGRESS CANCELED Tolkien's Paratexts, Appendices, Annals, and Marginalia (A Roundtable)
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Following the medieval manuscript tradition, Tolkien’s literary fiction includes charts, maps, annals and other paratextual elements, many found in the Appendices. These elements deserve further critical study. Taking his father’s lead, Christopher Tolkien has been meticulously editing John Ronald Tolkien’s manuscripts, supplying commentary and emendations concerning the many cruces within the notes and typescripts. As medievalists, we will bring this often ignored back matter and marginalia to the foreground. Christopher Vaccaro
CONGRESS CANCELED Tolkien's Paratexts, Appendices, Annals, and Marginalia (A Roundtable)
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Following the medieval manuscript tradition, Tolkien’s literary fiction includes charts, maps, annals and other paratextual elements, many found in the Appendices. These elements deserve further critical study. Taking his father’s lead, Christopher Tolkien has been meticulously editing John Ronald Tolkien’s manuscripts, supplying commentary and emendations concerning the many cruces within the notes and typescripts. As medievalists, we will bring this often ignored back matter and marginalia to the foreground. Christopher Vaccaro