The Annotated Hobbit

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The Annotated Hobbit:
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
LC Class
PR6039.O32 H6

The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an edition of

first American publication of The Hobbit, and by Unwin Hyman
of London.

Structure

The structure of The Annotated Hobbit is that of The Hobbit with its 19 chapters. The text is accompanied throughout with marginal notes beside the text and commenting on it by the Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson.[1] The edition includes more than 150 black-and-white illustrations from foreign editions and some that were drawn by Tolkien himself, and some rare poems written by Tolkien.[2][3]

Diagram of the documents comprising Tolkien's Legendarium, as interpreted very strictly, strictly, or more broadlyThe HobbitThe Lord of the RingsThe SilmarillionUnfinished TalesThe Annotated HobbitThe History of The HobbitThe History of The Lord of the RingsThe Lost Road and Other WritingsThe Notion Club PapersJ. R. R. Tolkien's explorations of time travelThe Book of Lost TalesThe Lays of BeleriandThe Shaping of Middle-earthThe Shaping of Middle-earthMorgoth's RingThe War of the JewelsThe History of Middle-earthNon-narrative elements in The Lord of the RingsLanguages constructed by J. R. R. TolkienTolkien's artworkTolkien's scriptsPoetry in The Lord of the Ringscommons:File:Tolkien's Legendarium.svg
Navigable diagram of
The History of the Hobbit and Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume The History of Middle-earth
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Reception

On its publication, The Annotated Hobbit was warmly welcomed in

the foreign illustrations ... technically and artistically embarrassing",[4] but even so the "cumulative effect" of the coverage of editions and translations was "rich and fascinating".[4]

More recently, George W. Beahm has called The Annotated Hobbit "the most informative edition" of The Hobbit.[5] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey noted that the earliest version of Tolkien's poem "The Hoard" from 1923 was best accessible in this book.[6] The Annotated Hobbit won the 1990 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in "Inkling studies" by the Mythopoeic Society.[7]

Editions

In 2002, after the initial publication of The Annotated Hobbit, a "Revised and Expanded Edition" was published. This version included maps and colour paintings. It also provided newer sources and greater understanding of Tolkien's legendarium.[2] The appendix includes a chapter "The Quest of Erebor" about Gandalf's motivation to join Bilbo to the dwarven company.[5] Another British edition was published in 2003 by HarperCollins of London.[8]

Translations

See also: Translations of The Hobbit

Translations into other languages include the following:

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780618134700
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  2. ^ a b "The Annotated Hobbit by Douglas A. Anderson". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ "History of the Hobbit: An essential resource book for the forthcoming movie adaptation of The Hobbit" (Press release). Tolkien Library. 13 October 2006.
  4. ^ a b c GoodKnight, Glen H. (1988). "Reviews: A Superb Hobbit". Mythlore. 15 (1). Article 15.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781564147028
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  6. ISBN 978-3-6089-3601-8
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  7. ^ "Mythopoeic Scholarship Award". Mythopoeic Society. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  8. OCLC 743079750 – via WorldCat
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