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Old 04-25-2007, 12:03 PM   #11
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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)
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?
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