Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, by Tolkien archivist Catherine McIlwaine, is a book of the material shown in a 2018 Bodleian Library exhibit, "Maker of Middle-earth", in Oxford, England. Such material includes manuscripts and photos of J.R.R. Tolkien, and hundreds of illustrations by him, disclosed for the first time. The book serves as a tour of Tolkien's life, following six essays by preeminent Tolkien scholars. 
As an exhibition catalog, this book and its shorter companion, Tolkien: Treasures, were distantly preceded by Tolkien: Life and Legend, from a 1992 Bodleian exhibition. 
The book was voted Best Book of 2018 by the British Tolkien Society.https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2018/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2018-announced/
==Contents== 
*Catherine McIlwaine, "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch"
*John Garth, "Tolkien and the Inklings"
*Verlyn Flieger, "Faërie: Tolkien's Perilous Land"
*Carl F. Hostetter, "Inventing Elvish"
*Tom Shippey, "Tolkien and 'that noble northern spirit'"
*Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, "Tolkien's Visual Art"
*Exhibition catalogue
**Reading Tolkien
**Childhood
**Student Days
**Sheer Invention
**The Silmarillion
**The Professor's Study
**The Hobbit
**The Lord of the Rings
**Mapping The Lord of the Rings
*Contributors
*Acknowledgements
*Select Bibliography
==External links==
*Original exhibit page
*Article about the exhibit by The Morgan Library & Museum
*Official book page
*Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth at Goodreads
*Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth at Amazon.com
== See also ==
* Middle-earth
* J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript
== References ==
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Category:Secondary literature
Category:Exhibitional books
Category:Illustrated books
Category:Bodleian Library publications
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