Robert Foster

Robert Foster

Robert Foster, né le 1er janvier 1949 à Brooklyn, New York[1]), est un écrivain, philologue et historien de la littérature américain. Il est surtout connu pour son ouvrage The Complete Guide to Middle-earth[2], une encyclopédie du légendaire de l'écrivain britannique J. R. R. Tolkien parue en 1978.

Robert Foster est docteur en littérature anglaise et médiévale à l'Université de Pennsylvanie (1974)[3], et exerce en tant que professeur de littérature anglaise au Rutgers College (New Brunswick)[1],[2]. Il collabore aussi de manière régulière avec la Tolkien Society américaine, en tant que consultant[1]. Il vit actuellement à Parsippany, dans le New Jersey.

Références

  1. a, b et c Robert Foster, Goodreads
  2. a et b Autores / Foster, Robert, Scyla, 2007. Consulté le 15 mars 2010
  3. The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From the Hobbit Through the Lord of the Rings and Beyond, Powell's Books. Consulté le 15 mars 2010

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