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Tolkien. Please. You're doing your entire argument a disservice there. *NM* jh Send a noteboard - 23/01/2012 06:42:12 PM
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1961 Nobel Finalists: J.R.R. Tolkien Larry - 19/01/2012 09:27:46 AM 1196 Views
It's difficult to assess Tolkien's relative merits then 51 years later. Tom - 19/01/2012 02:41:52 PM 808 Views
Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me Larry - 19/01/2012 02:58:00 PM 784 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me DomA - 19/01/2012 03:34:02 PM 656 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me Larry - 19/01/2012 03:45:07 PM 768 Views
Yet Jung personally was contemptuous of Joyce Tom - 19/01/2012 06:41:58 PM 628 Views
Tolkein is an excellent example why I usually dismiss literary critics/critiques HyogaRott - 23/01/2012 05:57:51 PM 893 Views
Tolkien. Please. You're doing your entire argument a disservice there. *NM* jh - 23/01/2012 06:42:12 PM 248 Views
There's a lot more to it than that. Rebekah - 23/01/2012 07:20:30 PM 743 Views
True Larry - 23/01/2012 07:57:42 PM 741 Views
You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling. HyogaRott - 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM 791 Views
Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961? Larry - 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM 743 Views
That's an odd argument Larry - 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM 826 Views
Not really HyogaRott - 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM 658 Views
Eh... Larry - 24/01/2012 12:40:37 AM 682 Views
Depends on what you see as the point of literature. Rebekah - 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM 639 Views
the point of literature. HyogaRott - 24/01/2012 01:30:28 PM 758 Views
NO Larry - 24/01/2012 02:05:11 PM 627 Views
Re: NO HyogaRott - 25/01/2012 02:54:57 PM 618 Views
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