Active Users:889 Time:15/09/2025 08:58:25 AM
There's a lot more to it than that. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 23/01/2012 07:20:30 PM
Writers might have regurgitated elements from Tolkien's works over the years, but they certainly didn't copy his verbose and archaic writing style. And I would argue that there was very little new in his book. It was a collection of myths and legends from ancient cultures, mixed together with different tropes from other cultures, and told in an old style. Compare LotR with other books that came out at the same time and it instantly feels aged.
*MySmiley*

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Reply to message
1961 Nobel Finalists: J.R.R. Tolkien - 19/01/2012 09:27:46 AM 1122 Views
It's difficult to assess Tolkien's relative merits then 51 years later. - 19/01/2012 02:41:52 PM 751 Views
Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 02:58:00 PM 716 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 03:34:02 PM 579 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 03:45:07 PM 686 Views
Yet Jung personally was contemptuous of Joyce - 19/01/2012 06:41:58 PM 562 Views
Tolkein is an excellent example why I usually dismiss literary critics/critiques - 23/01/2012 05:57:51 PM 824 Views
There's a lot more to it than that. - 23/01/2012 07:20:30 PM 692 Views
True - 23/01/2012 07:57:42 PM 676 Views
You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling. - 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM 745 Views
Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961? - 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM 674 Views
That's an odd argument - 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM 758 Views
Not really - 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM 611 Views
Eh... - 24/01/2012 12:40:37 AM 634 Views
Depends on what you see as the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM 594 Views
the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 01:30:28 PM 706 Views
NO - 24/01/2012 02:05:11 PM 577 Views
Re: NO - 25/01/2012 02:54:57 PM 574 Views

Reply to Message