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davem · 08-15-2002, 10:42 AM

JRR Tolkien & his Lierary Resonances is from the same publisher & has contributions by most of the same people. Tom Shippey has a piece in it. its as the title implies - basically showing how Tolkien was influenced by various trends in literature from earlier periods - I've made it sound boring now, haven't I? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Its definitely worth reading, but I'd get it from the library before you decide whether to buy. There's a good review on Amazon.

08-15-2002, 10:42 AM	#12
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	JRR Tolkien & his Lierary Resonances is from the same publisher & has contributions by most of the same people. Tom Shippey has a piece in it. its as the title implies - basically showing how Tolkien was influenced by various trends in literature from earlier periods - I've made it sound boring now, haven't I? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Its definitely worth reading, but I'd get it from the library before you decide whether to buy. There's a good review on Amazon. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."