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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-12-2002, 06:35 AM |
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Bęthberry
Haunted by Clarissa indeed. We do need to find...
Haunted by Clarissa indeed. We do need to find our way to chat, Nar. smilies/smile.gif This can be a fruitful distinction between the earlier characters and moderns ones, yet, to me, the... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-11-2002, 11:54 AM |
Replies: 91
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Bęthberry
davem, but all you asked for was a list. ...
davem, but all you asked for was a list. smilies/wink.gif The question gets into defining criteria for plausible or believable characters and also recognizing historical determinants in... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-11-2002, 07:42 AM |
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Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
I must begin with apologies to lmp, for taking...
I must begin with apologies to lmp, for taking this discussion so far away from the faerie elements around the Shire, but, if you bear with me, I hope to bring it 'round eventually. Davem, ... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-10-2002, 10:11 AM |
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Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
Hello Nar,
Not so much denied access,...
Hello Nar, Not so much denied access, really, as come face to face with lingering assumptions and culural habits. Bear with a little tale of autobiography, if you will. The day I defended my... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-10-2002, 08:46 AM |
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Bęthberry
lmp,
I don't know your reference to Joy...
lmp, I don't know your reference to Joy Davidman--I watch virtually no television and am happily ignorant of much pop culture. However, that you joke about the limitations of Goldberry's... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-10-2002, 07:27 AM |
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Bęthberry
lmp,
Yes, you are right, and I do...
lmp, Yes, you are right, and I do admit that there is much in the Old Forest that is germane to LOTR, in attenuated ways which require active work on the part of the reader. However, I... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-07-2002, 01:44 PM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
I'm not sure how relevant this is to your...
I'm not sure how relevant this is to your observation about Tom and Goldberry, lmp, but here is something from a character in a nineteenth century novel. Two young women are outside church, deciding... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-04-2002, 07:57 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
Pearce, Joseph, ed. Tolkien: A Celebration,...
Pearce, Joseph, ed. Tolkien: A Celebration, Collected writing on a literary legacy. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999. ISBN 0-89870-866-4 EDIT: I should say that Murray fits my own theory of... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-04-2002, 07:24 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
'Morning All,
lmp, yes, thanks for...
'Morning All, lmp, yes, thanks for recognizing and acknowledging the Picnic this way. *curtsies* That was indeed the hope, but fear not, there could well be future excursions planned....... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-03-2002, 08:25 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
Drowning? Us? Where's that Lonely Star when we...
Drowning? Us? Where's that Lonely Star when we need her? smilies/wink.gif lmp, don't mind me. As a citizen of a former colony of England, I take umbrage at the idea that the blessed isle (the... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-02-2002, 08:24 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
LOL, isn't this a postmodern web of intertextual...
LOL, isn't this a postmodern web of intertextual meanings, running back and forth between threads! Child, I fully intend to reply to you on your thread. Just give me time. I have the feeling that... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 10-01-2002, 09:57 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
My apologies, lmp, if this post goes too far...
My apologies, lmp, if this post goes too far astray of your original idea. Child, I would like to look at the larger passage of that letter from 16 December 1937 (Letter 19, to Stanley Unwin). ... |
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-30-2002, 08:05 AM |
Replies: 91
Views: 70,475
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Bęthberry
I don't want to deny the main tenor of your...
I don't want to deny the main tenor of your point, Child, that The Shire is informed by a vision of England past. However, it seems to me that Goldberry is very much informed by Tolkien's vision of... |
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