After almost a year and several occasions on which I have brought up this excellent essay in hopes of generating more discussion on the topic of archetypes in Tolkien, I'm trying again... (And yes, Helen, I did pick up your suggestion to change the title to something a bit catchier to make it more interesting! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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