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Bêthberry · 08-27-2002, 08:06 AM

Since you have already returned from your book-buying expedition to London, Estelyn, this suggestion is perhaps late, but nonetheless I think it really valuable to know Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Tales", which I don't see listed in this thread. (I am humbled and in great awe of that essay, which to my mind is one of the most perceptive analyses of fantasy I have ever seen, far surpassing most of the clever, jargon-ladden critical stuff produced by current lit crit.)

Also, "The Homecoming of Beorhtrnoth" is Tolkien's 'ending' for the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon; it has a bit of discussion on heroic and chivalric issues which relates to LOTR.

Bethberry

[ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

08-27-2002, 08:06 AM	#14
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Since you have already returned from your book-buying expedition to London, Estelyn, this suggestion is perhaps late, but nonetheless I think it really valuable to know Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Tales", which I don't see listed in this thread. (I am humbled and in great awe of that essay, which to my mind is one of the most perceptive analyses of fantasy I have ever seen, far surpassing most of the clever, jargon-ladden critical stuff produced by current lit crit.) Also, "The Homecoming of Beorhtrnoth" is Tolkien's 'ending' for the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon; it has a bit of discussion on heroic and chivalric issues which relates to LOTR. Bethberry [ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ] __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.