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mollecon · 04-20-2004, 11:05 AM

Quote:"Oh, and mollecon, you must not forget that Tolkien wrote LOTR to be a myth, so the style he wrote in was to reflect that fact."

Yes, that was largely what I was referring to when I mentioned the 'style and tradition' of Tolkiens writing

04-20-2004, 11:05 AM	#20
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	Quote:"Oh, and mollecon, you must not forget that Tolkien wrote LOTR to be a myth, so the style he wrote in was to reflect that fact." Yes, that was largely what I was referring to when I mentioned the 'style and tradition' of Tolkiens writing