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Bêthberry · 06-13-2002, 07:10 AM

A very interesting quotation. Thanks for providing it, Child.(I would love to wander off on an unrelated tangent here about Satan, but I will restrain myself.)

You offer a psychological explanation for 'the long defeat.' This is intriguing and I do not deny its possibility, but I wonder if there are not other explanations, more in keeping with aesthetic creation. (I'm of the opinion that Freud ruined much serious thought about the craft of writing. JMHO) Is there something intentional in Tolkien's sense of its difference from Christian creation?

For instance, does it derive from the warrior epics--that sense of inevitable doom and the need nevertheless for heroic action in the face of such inevitability? (I'm thinking of the OE poem The Battle of Maldon.

*turns a puzzled look at Lush*

You wouldn't by any chance be implying that we here are not 'thinking persons,' would you?

Bethberry

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06-13-2002, 07:10 AM	#19
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	A very interesting quotation. Thanks for providing it, Child.(I would love to wander off on an unrelated tangent here about Satan, but I will restrain myself.) You offer a psychological explanation for 'the long defeat.' This is intriguing and I do not deny its possibility, but I wonder if there are not other explanations, more in keeping with aesthetic creation. (I'm of the opinion that Freud ruined much serious thought about the craft of writing. JMHO) Is there something intentional in Tolkien's sense of its difference from Christian creation? For instance, does it derive from the warrior epics--that sense of inevitable doom and the need nevertheless for heroic action in the face of such inevitability? (I'm thinking of the OE poem The Battle of Maldon. turns a puzzled look at Lush** You wouldn't by any chance be implying that we here are not 'thinking persons,' would you? Bethberry [ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ] __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.