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Tolkien biography: the Carpenter benchmark
Edit The Examiner 05 Apr 2016
JRR Tolkien, the author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," expected to live beyond the 81 years he was given. His ancestors had lived much longer ... Humphrey Carpenter, a friend of Tolkien’s children, was given access to the family’s private papers, and interviewed family, friends, and Tolkien himself ... And we are blessed that Humphrey Carpenter was able to take up the task of writing about Tolkien’s life ... ....
Creative collaboration demonstrated in the Oxford writers group the Inklings
Edit The Examiner 27 Mar 2016
The Inklings was an Oxford writers group which met during the 1930s and 40s, and included JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis ... As early as 1979, scholars such as Humphrey Carpenter realized the importance of the interaction of the Inklings to their lives and writings ... C. S. Lewis and J. R. R ... Glyer may not be as well known to Inklings fans as Carpenter and Duriez, but she is considered one the foremost Inklings scholars in the academic world ... C.S ... [p ... ....
Book reviews: The Fellowship: Literary Lives of the Inklings, Charles William
Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 Mar 2016
THE FELLOWSHIP. THE LITERARY LIVES OF THE INKLINGS. By Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski. Farrar Straus Giroux. $35. CHARLES WILLIAMS. THE THIRD INKLING. By Grevel Lindop. OUP. $50.95. Reviewer. COLIN STEELE ... R. R. Tolkien, C. S ... The Literary Lives of the Inklings provides the first comprehensive overview of the Inklings. Humphrey Carpenter's 1978 book on the Inklings predominantly focused on Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Tolkien ... S ... S. Lewis ... ....
A definitive Tolkien biography for a new generation
Edit The Examiner 12 Mar 2016
What does war do to a person? For many of JRR Tolkien’s generation, the “Great War” left them jaded, cynical, and agnostic ... HIs was not merely an ethereal faith, but was well grounded in everyday life ... R. R ... 81), ... Until the twenty-first century, the definitive source had been Humphrey Carpenter’s 'Authorized Biography.' Not until John Garth’s 'Tolkien and the Great War' (2003) was much added to the general knowledge of his life history ... ....
The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature, edited by Daniel Hahn
Edit The Irish Times 26 Sep 2015
it is simply an updating of the late Humphrey Carpenter and his wife Mari Prichard’s Oxford Companion of 1984, which itself grew out of an idea suggested to the publishers by Iona and Peter Opie back in 1958 ... Among the entries is a note on Humphrey Carpenter himself, whose first edition of The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature is ruefully dubbed an “annoyingly hard-to-follow” act....
Reviews of books by Hobbit and Narnia expert Devin Brown part 3
Edit The Examiner 18 Aug 2015
The title of Devin Brown’s book is sure to raise some eyebrows. How could a world filled with dwarves, elves, goblins, wizards, and hobbits be considered Christian? Brown uses what we know about the author of the famous children’s story, along with his attention to the detail and careful wording of The Hobbit, to show how JRR Tolkien wove his faith into its pages ... [p.38] ... Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter] ... ....
Tolkien the soldier: surviving there and back again
Edit The Examiner 17 Jun 2015
In a letter to his son Christopher during World War II, JRR Tolkien wrote,. I sense amongst all your pains (some merely physical) the desire to express your feeling about good, evil, fair, foul in some way. to rationalize it, and prevent it just festering ... [cited by Garth, pp. 38-39] ... [39] ... Tolkien and the Great War (published in 2003) is the first authorized biography of “The Professor” since Humphrey Carpenter’s Biography in 1977 ... ....
The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature review – from Jonathan Swift to JK Rowling
Edit The Guardian 18 Apr 2015
So all hail the simple courage of Daniel Hahn for taking on the job of updating the magnum opus of the husband and wife team Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature ... Carpenter and Prichard that – “with the Opies’ most generous blessing”, Hahn notes in his foreword – the baton passed....
JRR Tolkien’s wartime narrow escape revealed
Edit The Guardian 22 Dec 2014
His company had been sent to the front on 14 July, writes his biographer Humphrey Carpenter, with many of his battalion killed by machine-gun fire. “Corpses lay in every corner, horribly torn by the shells,” writes Carpenter ... Carpenter describes the author’s arrival in a hospital in Birmingham....
J.R.R. Tolkien Offers Tips for Writers
Edit The Daily Beast 07 Aug 2014
Haywood Magee/Picture Post, via Getty. The letters of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R ... Tolkien, as edited by Humphrey Carpenter, to put together tips like “Vanity Is Useless ... ....
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Edit Huffington Post 21 Jun 2014
When people think about artistic achievement, many focus on an individual's triumph in winning an award, a trophy, or some honor to recognize his talent, effort, and skill ... In her 1996 book, It Takes a Village ... Two new productions focus on the teamwork that goes into bringing a piece of art to life ... Craig Souza appears as Donald, the actor who portrays Humphrey Carpenter (the author who would eventually write biographies of both W. H ... W....
Ian McIntyre obituary
Edit The Guardian 28 May 2014
Controller of Radio 3 and Radio 4 who caused controversy with his shakeup of the schedules. Ian McIntyre outside Broadcasting House in 1979. Photograph. Neil Libbert ... Contributors to Humphrey Carpenter's book on Radio 3, The Envy of the World (1996), spoke of McIntyre's autocratic management style but also noted his charm and kindness. John Tydeman, assistant head of drama during the McIntyre years, told Carpenter ... Leik died in 2012 ... ....
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