{"id":114483,"date":"2022-08-18T20:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T01:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=114483"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:22:45","slug":"reminder-marquette-exhibit-j-r-r-tolkien-the-art-of-the-manuscript-opens-august-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/08\/18\/114483-reminder-marquette-exhibit-j-r-r-tolkien-the-art-of-the-manuscript-opens-august-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Marquette exhibit ‘J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript’ opens August 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Milwaukee magazine <\/a>has a great little background story on how an enormous cache of J.R.R. Tolkien’s personal notes and papers ended up at Marquette University in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with Marquette\u2019s Library Director William Ready (1914-81), who actively sought out Catholic authors. Ready approached Tolkien through an intermediary in 1956 and negotiated the purchase of his manuscripts for The Hobbit <\/em>and the three volumes of his magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings<\/em> (as well as lesser-known works), just a year after the last of those books were published. <\/p>

\u201cReady was in the right place at the right time and had the good sense to pursue those manuscripts,\u201d says William Fliss, an archivist in the department of special collections at Marquette<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It’s timely because Marquette tomorrow (August 19) opens a new brand-new exhibit titled “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript<\/a>\u201d at the Haggerty Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibit will feature original manuscripts created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and other works.<\/em> It will consider Tolkien\u2019s work through the lens of manuscripts, in terms of both the materials that he studied as a medieval philologist and the manuscripts that he created while developing his legendarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The museum will also be hosting three seminars by prominent Tolkien scholars. are free to attend. In-person tickets are already all sold. However, the presentations will also be streamed for audiences who wish to attend virtually (great for people not in the USA!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can reserve a place to attend the lectures here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Note: <\/strong>even if you only want to attend virtually, you must<\/em> still pre-register your interest through the Eventbrite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch a walkthrough of the exhibit courtesy of Die Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Can’t make it to Milwaukee? Me neither. Watch this 30-minute walkthrough that Die Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V. has put together. It’s great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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