The 1911 Swiss walking tour: A sentimental education and some of its fruits (2 of 2)
Nancy A. Bunting and Elizabeth Currie, p. 1
Beyond Bree
Nancy Martsch, editor
June, 2021
10 June 2021
In this issue: 1 article, 2 notes, 2 reviews.
Articles
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Notes
Amazon acquires MGM Studios and the rights to The Hobbit
p. 4 Amazon has paid $8.45 billion to acquire MGM. As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained at the shareholders meeting, it “is really very simple: MGM has a vast, deep catalog of much-loved intellectual property.…” Amazon already had full TV rights to The Lord of the Rings, which includes anything mentioned in the books and appendices.…
❧ p. 7 Letters, upcoming events, notices of publications, scrapbook, death notice, &c.Brief notes, letters, death notices, &c.
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Reviews
The Science of Middle-earth: A new understanding of Tolkien and his world (ed. Lehoucq, Mangin, & Steyer)
Nancy Martsch, p. 5 A review, by Nancy Martsch, of The science of Middle-earth: A new understanding of Tolkien and his world, ed Roland Lehoucq, Loïc Mangin, and JeanSébastien Steyer; ill., Arnaud Rafaelian; trans., Tina Korver; New York & London: Pegasus Books, 2021.
❧ Nancy A. Bunting, p. 6 A review, by Nancy A. Bunting, of Tolkienian Glôssology; or, A study of the primitive Elvish vocabulary of Tolkien’s Qenya Lexicon and Gnomish Lexicon from the late 1910s, the precursors of Quenya by Mark T. Hooker.Tolkienian Glôssology; or, a study of the Primitive Elvish vocabulary of Tolkien’s Qenya Lexicon and Gnomish Lexicon from the late 1910s, the precursors of Quenya and Sindarin (Hooker)
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