Surprising Literary Congruences

[Bêthberry]

Heaven forbid that us post-colonial ponders just don't adhere to the same meanings as da gov'nor what are on t'other side o' ta pond.

Of course Tolkien enjoyed post-Chaucerian, post-Shakesperian, post-eighteenth century literature. Not all of it though, and not certain aspects of it. But certainly some of it, yes.

It might be a stretch to find any kind of congruence with Joyce's Ulysses, though. Tolkien didn't use French publishers. It might be fun to write a stream of consience version of Eowyn a la Mrs. Dalloway or Mrs. Ramsay, though. Actually, Galadriel might be more fun--you--er, one-- could incorporate the young radical turning into the beloved matriarch/authority figure.