Tolkien is Not Yeats - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 02-22-2003, 05:39 AM

I would quote, but my computer is being recalcitrantly SLOW in producing the archive of this thread. Anyway, I think it's Bill Ferny who came up with the following distinction: "edit: changed 'Tolkien's book as the greatest of the century' to 'Tolkien's corpus as the greatest of the century'."

Bill, this is a valuable distinction. It clarifies the debate in a way I have not seen until now. Is it original with you?

02-22-2003, 05:39 AM	#28
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I would quote, but my computer is being recalcitrantly SLOW in producing the archive of this thread. Anyway, I think it's Bill Ferny who came up with the following distinction: "edit: changed 'Tolkien's book as the greatest of the century' to 'Tolkien's corpus as the greatest of the century'." Bill, this is a valuable distinction. It clarifies the debate in a way I have not seen until now. Is it original with you?