“Tolkien at Exeter College” named a finalist for the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

Tolkien at Exeter College: How an Undergraduate Created Middle-earth, written by renowned Tolkien scholar John Garth and published by Exeter College, has been named as a finalist for the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies.

The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies recognises contributions to the study of work by members of the Oxford group of writers and scholars known as the “Inklings”, which included JRR Tolkien (2011, English and Classics) and CS Lewis. Tolkien at Exeter College, which was published in 2014, has been shortlisted for this prestigious award, with the winner being announced at the start of August.

Tolkien at Exeter College is a 64-page book chronicling Tolkien’s time at Exeter College, looking at the interests and experiences that would influence his later work. To purchase a copy please email development@exeter.ox.ac.uk or call 01865 279 619.