Oversight, or changing conceptions? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Galin · 08-04-2020, 02:51 PM

If that boulder is making ros a Beorian word, for example, Tolkien can "lift" it, but doesn't. And he goes on with a note concerning the word wing: "noting that the name Wingelote of Earendil's ship had not appeared in print." A few pages later [POME] Tolkien muses whether or not he can make Glorfindel a Sindarin prince -- but no, this would entirely contradict what is said of him in The Fellowship of the Ring.

It's art. And it's for a readership at large (including future readers), and up for criticism; and yes, this reader (me) sees no great reason to alter Finrod, and thinks Tolkien should have created around it.

Anyway, it's not like I throw my books into a swamp when I read Finarfin in Appendix F!

Not anymore at least. That got costly

08-04-2020, 02:51 PM	#16
Galin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,036	If that boulder is making ros a Beorian word, for example, Tolkien can "lift" it, but doesn't. And he goes on with a note concerning the word wing: "noting that the name Wingelote of Earendil's ship had not appeared in print." A few pages later [POME] Tolkien muses whether or not he can make Glorfindel a Sindarin prince -- but no, this would entirely contradict what is said of him in The Fellowship of the Ring. It's art. And it's for a readership at large (including future readers), and up for criticism; and yes, this reader (me) sees no great reason to alter Finrod, and thinks Tolkien should have created around it. Anyway, it's not like I throw my books into a swamp when I read Finarfin in Appendix F! Not anymore at least. That got costly