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Old 04-11-2003, 08:48 AM   #17
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I like this thread! But isnt the sub-creation enough? lol Wasnt that the goal of the author, or possibly the subcreation simply not filled in all the way because of the time factor?

I think a main point of JRRT's work was the regret of the loss of Anglo Saxon history due to the fact that it was all in the oral tradition. And although i am a fan of the Iliad and such i dont think you would capture many readers attention by having an entire novel going at the pace of , say, The Council of Elrond.... I agree somewhat that the time of the LOTR was similar to our dark ages in the sense that, while there were some established realms, this was a time of war and instability and the general populace didnt have the ways and means and recreational time to "invent" stories. The only writing going on was by old men in dark towers at Minas Tirith.
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