Christina Scull
Forfatter af J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator
Om forfatteren
Christina Scull, the editor of the journal "The Tolkien Collector," lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, Wayne G. Hammond. (Publisher Provided) Christina Scull was born in Bristol, England, where she attended the famous Red Maids School. In 1971 she received her Bachelor of Arts degree vis mere with Honours from Birkbeck College, the University of London, where she studied art history and medieval history. From 1971 to 1995 she was the Librarian of Sir John Soane's Museum, London. In December 1994 she married Wayne Hammond, and subsequently emigrated to the United States. Scull's publications include The Soane Hogarths (1991). She is also the co-author or co-editor with her husband of numerous works by and about J.R.R. Tolkien, and editor of the occasional magazine The Tolkien Collector. In 1992 she was chair of the Tolkien Centenary Conference in Oxford. She has won scholarship awards from the Mythopoeic Society four times. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: with Wayne G. Hammond
Serier
Værker af Christina Scull
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 2: Reader's Guide Part I: A-M (2006) 26 eksemplarer
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Volume 3: Reader's Guide Part II: N-Z (2006) 25 eksemplarer
The Tolkien Collector — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other Verses from The Red Book (1962) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 1,402 eksemplarer
The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien (2022) — Bidragyder — 41 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1942-03-06
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Bristol, England, UK
- Bopæl
- London, England, UK
- Uddannelse
- University of London (Birkbeck College) (BA, 1971)
- Erhverv
- librarian
Tolkien scholar - Relationer
- Hammond, Wayne G. (husband)
- Organisationer
- Tolkien Society (Archivist)
Sir John Soane's Museum (Libarian, 1971-1995) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Tolkien Society Gold Badge (1993)
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aront | 5 andre anmeldelser | Sep 13, 2023 |
aront | 5 andre anmeldelser | Sep 13, 2023 | 
am secretly disappointed cuz but 5 stars for tolkien
Helps to show the development of Tolkien’s writing of The Hobbit and is rather wonderful really. I reread The Hobbit whilst reading this and it added enormously to the appreciation.
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- 13
I should add that 57 years after I first read LOTR, I appreciate even more his incredible world building, and his deep exploration of human psychology in a fantasy setting. He is truly the master of the genre and has never yet been surpassed. But he also deserves to be appreciated as a great writer, not just in his genre.
As a side note, perhaps it is related to my current age, but I now find LOTR incredibly sad and depressing. The commentary just helped deepen that feeling. I never before fully appreciated how Catholicism is such a pessimistic religion and how deeply it’s despairing view of human nature permeates Tolkien’s writing.… (mere)