The Fall of Arthur - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

05-24-2013, 11:47 PM

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davem

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Quote:

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Tolkien had never met Williams at the time Arthur was written (1933-34)

A) I knew that, and

B) that wasn't one of the questions I asked.

May I assume CT doesn't mention Williams' work at all? Would Tolkien not have brought up his own poem on Arthur when Williams was reading from RotSS during Inklings meetings?

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