A Secret Vice : Tolkein on Invented Languages

J. R. R. Tolkien; Dimitra Fimi (Editor); Andrew Higgins (Editor)

First ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones. J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in lif...