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littlemanpoet · 05-09-2002, 05:41 PM

I think, zifnab, that Tolkien is working on both levels at once, that the dead in the Dead Marshes are, frankly dead, and at the same time he personifies the place itself as a livid festering wound. My interest and goal for this thread is to do an appreciation of this particular aspect of Tolkien's skill as a writer (who should be hailed as that, and should be considered to stand shoulder to shoulder - perhaps head and shoulder above - with Steinbeck, Golding, and any other major 20th century author you can think of).

05-09-2002, 05:41 PM	#9
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I think, zifnab, that Tolkien is working on both levels at once, that the dead in the Dead Marshes are, frankly dead, and at the same time he personifies the place itself as a livid festering wound. My interest and goal for this thread is to do an appreciation of this particular aspect of Tolkien's skill as a writer (who should be hailed as that, and should be considered to stand shoulder to shoulder - perhaps head and shoulder above - with Steinbeck, Golding, and any other major 20th century author you can think of).