The Bovadium Fragments
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Deluxe slipcased edition of this previously unknown short satirical
fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien,
accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an
essay, 'The Origin of Bovadium', by Richard Ovenden OBE, and
featuring an exclusive foldout colour frontispiece. As Christopher
Tolkien notes in his Introduction, The Bovadium Fragments was a
‘satirical fantasy’ written by his father, which grew out of a
planning controversy that erupted in Oxford in the late 1940s, when
J.R.R. Tolkien was the Merton Professor of English Language and
Literature. Written initially for his own amusement, Tolkien’s tale
was a private academic jest that poked gentle fun at such things as
'the pomposities of archaeologists' and 'the hideousness of college
crockery'. However, it was at the same time expressing a barbed cri
de coeur against the inexorable rise of motor transport and
'machine-worship' that was overwhelming the tranquillity of his
beloved city. Enriched by a selection of illustrations by the
author, and enhanced by Christopher Tolkien's notes and commentary,
readers can enjoy at last this tale of an imagined Oxford viewed
through the lens of future (and not wholly reliable) academic
study. Richard Ovenden's accompanying essay paints a vivid portrait
of Oxford during that time. He also provides rich background to the
casus belli which led to the furore that Tolkien witnessed
first-hand, as the embers of debate between town planners and the
university colleges were fanned into flame. Playful, erudite, and
ultimately tragically moving, The Bovadium Fragments is like
nothing else that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, and its themes remain both
provocative and timely. Within its lines may be found a concern for
the fragility of our natural world, a love of which that was shared
by both father and son. As Christopher Tolkien’s final presentation
of his father’s work, it is therefore perhaps fitting that The
Bovadium Fragments should be their coda.
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J.R.R. Tolkien ,
HarperCollins Publishers
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J.R.R. Tolkien,
HarperCollins Publishers
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