Tolkien Gleanings #135.
* New to me, the long “Saving the Shire: Ascetic Renunciation and Love of Home in J.R.R. Tolkien”. Being the text of the… “Inklings lecture delivered by Richard Rohlin at the sixth annual Inklings Festival in October of 2020”.
* This week La Libre has an article on the new Lord of the Rings in French. Apparently with “previously unpublished illustrations by Tolkien”…
A [one-volume] version [of the Lord of the Rings] more in line with Tolkien’s wishes. The new complete edition, revised, corrected and expanded, is published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the author’s death. This is one of the editorial events of the Autumn” [being] “the new French translation” [of that] “already revised in 2014 by Daniel Lauzon [and which has here been] further refined by the translator” […] “It is based on the latest version of the English text, revised by Christopher Tolkien based on indications left by his father. It offers previously unpublished illustrations by Tolkien, and is supplemented by an index that Tolkien had wished to include during his lifetime, but did not have time to provide for the first publication of the trilogy in 1954-1956.
The article also notes that the character names are no longer French-ified for a French audience. The La Libre writer has actually seen a copy and pronounces the book, printed in Italy, of sumptuous quality. Said to be a “limited edition”, officially published on 19th October 2023.
* In open access, the Masters dissertation “Textual Conventions and the Encoded Reader in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf“ (2023).
* Due at the end of October 2023, the German book Aure entuluva! – Der Tag soll wieder kommen. J.R.R. Tolkien zum 50. Todestag. Ten essays from writers and thinkers for whom Tolkien was their path to Christian belief.
* Now on YouTube, the recent presentation to the Blake Society titled “The Edge of Human Experience: Blake and Tolkien’s Art”.
* And finally, “Exhibition celebrates works of Narnia and Tolkien illustrator Pauline Baynes”. Though it appears to be over already…
“Farnham Town Council was privileged to display a large collection of her work, generously provided by her relative Alberto Ceceatelli who brought the collection over from Italy for this very special occasion. The exhibition opened with a private view and during opening hours the council chamber was crowded with visitors until it closed at mid-day the following Monday. This was the first time the collection had been seen in [the UK] and it created a great deal of interest.”