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That wasn't the point of his talk. Rather, it was to explain why many readers respond to LOTR in a certain way. That's his argument about the "least knowledgeable character" intersecting with an "epistemic regime" which produces the effect of 'learning' along with the character, thus evoking nostalgia etc - a very interesting and plausible thesis.
yeah, perhaps some of his comments about archaism are disingenuous, and I personally think there are places where Tolkien could have been more "modern' without losing the intended effect.
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