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Tolkien was following the tradition of Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in the conceit of a found manuscript.
Tolkien was following the tradition of Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in the conceit of a found manuscript.
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Tolkien was following in a long tradition by framing his stories in another tale explaining how they were told. That tradition includes One Thousand a
Tolkien was following in a long tradition by framing his stories in another tale explaining how they were told. That tradition includes One Thousand and One Nights, where Scheherazade kept the king entertained with one story after another. Painting by Ferdinand Keller, 1880
Detail of the runes that provide a frame story in Tolkien's 1937 dust jacket painting for The Hobbit. The runes here shown running horizontally read i
Detail of the runes that provide a frame story in Tolkien's 1937 dust jacket painting for The Hobbit. The runes here shown running horizontally read in English "journey made by Bilbo Baggins of Hob[biton]".
The medieval poem Beowulf contains a passage about a scop reciting the tale of the hero Beowulf. Illustration by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton, c. 1910
The medieval poem Beowulf contains a passage about a scop reciting the tale of the hero Beowulf. Illustration by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton, c. 1910
The brothers Hengest and Horsa are the legendary founders of England; in The Book of Lost Tales, Tolkien places Ælfwine as their father. Illustration
The brothers Hengest and Horsa are the legendary founders of England; in The Book of Lost Tales, Tolkien places Ælfwine as their father. Illustration from Edward Parrott's 1909 Pageant of British History