Just glanced at the Sun-Chronicle review
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/artic...news/news4.txt
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The novel's pessimism is a product of its time, according to Drout, who said Tolkien wrote of Túrin's flaws to rebut the Nazi myth of the "Übermensch," or superman. (comment by Michael Drout)
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Does this make any sense at all? The story originated in the BoLT (circa 1917), & the Narn was composed in the 1950's.
Is Drout kidding, or just being provocative?