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Rosa Underhill · 02-08-2002, 03:42 AM

*groan* I'm sorry to hear that, Kuruharan. At least we got to pick what we wanted to argue about...

Thanks for all these great suggestions, guys! Sadly, though, I don't think I can use any of them for my paper. I believe what Tolkien said about LotR not being allegorical (but he did say that it was Christian at heart! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]).

One thing that keeps popping up as an idea to me is: the importance of LotR as an "escapist" novel or the importance of "escapism" in literature. Anyone have any thoughts on how I might research/narrow this topic? I know the critics all about had heart attacks when LotR was named greatest book of the twentieth century but that's about it...

02-08-2002, 03:42 AM	#9
Rosa Underhill Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waymeet, the Shire Posts: 297	groan I'm sorry to hear that, Kuruharan. At least we got to pick what we wanted to argue about... Thanks for all these great suggestions, guys! Sadly, though, I don't think I can use any of them for my paper. I believe what Tolkien said about LotR not being allegorical (but he did say that it was Christian at heart! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]). One thing that keeps popping up as an idea to me is: the importance of LotR as an "escapist" novel or the importance of "escapism" in literature. Anyone have any thoughts on how I might research/narrow this topic? I know the critics all about had heart attacks when LotR was named greatest book of the twentieth century but that's about it... __________________ WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)