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Originally Posted by Formendacil
No, the reason I am would enjoy a <i>Children of Húrin</i>-esque "Beren and Lúthien" is because I think that volume did a good job of bringing one of the Tales of the First Age out of the realm of the Scholarly into the view of a general audience. Though <i>The Silmarillion</i> lacks the scholarly apparatus of the HoME, it is quite the first-time challenge to a reader: the prose is heightened and unusual, the plot is diffused by being a general history, and keeping track of so many characters is difficult. The succession of <i>Unfinished Tales</i> and the HoME only pushed ahead the idea that Tolkien's posthumous works are dry and only for the arch-fans.
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Even with my skepticism I will hasten to concede that this is a good point.
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10-20-2016, 04:16 PM
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