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Mithalwen · 09-14-2012, 11:10 AM

Yes, and I while any reviewer for the TLS is likely to be extremely erudite, he really seems to have grasped it very well - both the scope (and the arguable flaws). I must see if I can find any thing about the reviewer and if (like Auden and Lewis he knew Tolkien and would have been aware of the wider mythology. I really do think it is most perceptive. I think I need to get a paper copy of this weeks TLS..

Edit... assume it was this chap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duggan

An Oxford man but not of an era to have been taught by Tolkien so assume not a favour to a friend....

09-14-2012, 11:10 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	Yes, and I while any reviewer for the TLS is likely to be extremely erudite, he really seems to have grasped it very well - both the scope (and the arguable flaws). I must see if I can find any thing about the reviewer and if (like Auden and Lewis he knew Tolkien and would have been aware of the wider mythology. I really do think it is most perceptive. I think I need to get a paper copy of this weeks TLS.. Edit... assume it was this chap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duggan An Oxford man but not of an era to have been taught by Tolkien so assume not a favour to a friend.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 09-14-2012 at 11:15 AM.