Greetings
Ealasaide and all.
Hmmm. . .I'm not sure I want to cite my Tolkien article for you; from the looks of things, people from whom you choose to learn do not fare well. . .
Sorry, just a feeble attempt at humour.
The real reason I shall not cite my article here is twofold: one, I kind of like my BD Anonymity, and, two, the paper appeared several years ago and then sank into a much deserved oblivion. The only real contribution it made is that it was among the first of the 'new' generation of work on Tolkien (post 1970s) that attempted to deal with the real importance of the female characters in LotR. I got it all wrong, but at least I can say I was there at the beginning of the critical re-evaluation of this aspect of his work
