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Rumil · 05-03-2005, 01:56 PM

Uncannily true!

could this be an allegory of JRRT's own writing-up blues?

I guess he probably preferred writing Middle Earth-related material rather than the dreaded thesis. Certainly toast-making, re-organising one's stuff and even daytime TV have a strange attraction at that stage of the game.

By the way, does anyone know what Tolkien's thesis was about? (And how long after the deadline he submitted?)

05-03-2005, 01:56 PM	#2
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Uncannily true! could this be an allegory of JRRT's own writing-up blues? I guess he probably preferred writing Middle Earth-related material rather than the dreaded thesis. Certainly toast-making, re-organising one's stuff and even daytime TV have a strange attraction at that stage of the game. By the way, does anyone know what Tolkien's thesis was about? (And how long after the deadline he submitted?) __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

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