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J.R.R. Tolkien : une biographie
Humphrey Carpenter
- Christian bourgois
- 7 Septembre 2023
- 9782267050516
« Ce livre a pour support les lettres, le journal et d'autres documents laissés par le professeur J.R.R. Tolkien, ainsi que les souvenirs de sa famille et de ses amis.
Tolkien lui-même n'aimait guère l'idée d'une biographie. Ou plutôt il lui déplaisait qu'on l'emploie comme une forme de critique littéraire. « Je tiens fermement », écrivit-il un jour, « que retracer la vie d'un écrivain est une manière fausse et entièrement vaine d'approcher son oeuvre. » Cependant il se rendait certainement compte que la remarquable popularité de son oeuvre rendait hautement probable la parution d'une biographie après sa mort, et il semble même qu'il s'y soit quelque peu préparé, car pendant les dernières années de sa vie il a joint des notes explicatives et divers commentaires à un certain nombre de vieilles lettres et de manuscrits. Il écrivit aussi quelques pages de souvenirs d'enfance, et on peut croire qu'il espérait que ce livre ne serait pas tout le contraire de ce qu'il aurait souhaité.
En l'écrivant, j'ai voulu raconter l'histoire de la vie de Tolkien en évitant toute évaluation critique de son oeuvre d'imagination. En partie par respect pour ses opinions, et aussi parce qu'il me semble que la première biographie d'un auteur n'est pas nécessairement le meilleur endroit pour porter des jugements littéraires qui refléteraient après tout le tempérament du critique tout autant que celui de son sujet. J'ai tout de même essayé d'indiquer quelques-unes des influences littéraires et autres qui ont infléchi l'imagination de Tolkien, dans l'espoir de jeter quelque lumière sur ses livres. ».
Humphrey Carpenter, Oxford, 1976. -
As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three's new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump. Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. And to everyone's delight it looks as if Hamish will have to remain a frog because Mr Majeika can't remember the spell to turn him back again! With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at school become much more exciting - there's even a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace!
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Mr majeika and mr majeika and the lost spell book bind-up
Humphrey Carpenter
- Children pbs
- 10 Décembre 2013
- 9780141350813
Two books in one for those avid readers where one Mr Majeika adventure is just not enough! Mr Majeika: Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog - the only problem is he can't remember the spell to turn him back! Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book: The pupils in Class 3 at St Barty's School are not impressed when their headteacher imposes strict rules of behaviour for Halloween. Mr Majeika uses a little magic to make the evening memorable but nasty Hamish Bigmore tells the local press and gets the wizard-teacher the sack -something has to be done . . .
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Au rendez-vous des genies - ecrivains americains a paris dans les annees vingt
Humphrey Carpenter
- Aubier
- 24 Août 1993
- 9782700728309
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When Class Three and Mr Majeika go to the circus, it's definitely not as fun as they imagined. Everyone's a bit old, creaky and rubbish really! So when Mr Majeika casts a small spell to help the performers with their circus show, Billy Balance, the slack rope walker, kidnaps Mr Majeika so that Mr Majeika can magically help him.
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A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world''s most famous storytellers. ''It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times... the labour has been colossal; and it must stand or fall, practically as it is.'' J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the most prolific letter writers of this century. Over the years he wrote to his publishers, his family, to friends (including C.S. Lewis, W.H. Auden and Naomi Mitchison) and to fans of his books. The letters present a fascinating and highly detailed portrait of the man in many of his aspects: as storyteller, scholar, Catholic, parent and observer of the world around him. They also shed much light on his creative genius and grand design for the creation of a whole new world - Middle-earth. This collection will appeal not only to the legions of Tolkien fans, but will entertain anyone who appreciates the art of letter-writing, of which Tolkien was a master. ''I am nearly always written to as Tolkein (not by you): I do not know why, since it is pronounced by me always -keen.''
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The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien''s 125th Anniversary. In more than 40 years since Tolkien''s death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in Bloemfontein in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood, brought up in near-poverty and almost thwarted in adolescent romance. He served in the First World War, surviving the Battle of the Somme, where he lost some of his closest friends, and returned to academic life, achieving high repute as a scholar and university teacher, eventually becoming Merton Professor of English at Oxford. Then suddenly his life changed dramatically. One day while marking essay papers he found himself writing ''In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit'' - and worldwide renown awaited him. Humphrey Carpenter was given unrestricted access to all Tolkien''s papers, and interviewed his friends and family. From these sources he follows the long and painful process of creation that produced The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and offers a wealth of information about the life and work of the twentieth century''s most cherished author.
