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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
Everyone seems to assume that since CT was so close to his father, he knows what JRRT intended. Yet is this a reliable assumption? ......
I think the collaboration between CT and JRRT will prove to be a fascinating topic for literary history.
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It is not that I think that CT is infallible, just that I think he is better placed to make the judgement than anyone living, even given his age. I mean he is a scholar as well as family.
Sometimes I get the impression that he is suspected of some sinister plot that rivals the deaths of JFK and DPOW in a niche market of conspiracy theorists. If anyone else has read "Gaudy Night" (Dorothy L. Sayers), which various threads here often make me think of, there is a similar question of integrity here. I accept that there may be more personal material extant that has not yet been made available because it is regarded as private to the family - and I think that is fair enough at least while first generation descendants are still living - ( a sin of ommission!) but I do not think that a scholar with a modicum of self respect or integrity would commit a "sin of commission" and deliberately distort the work.