Canon: what ARE we babbling about?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Flieger's argument sounded rather like a long-winded way of trying to justify why she didn't like The Hobbit and it didn't work as an argument as she contradicts herself.

Maybe it's a professional ploy. Having so soundly and roundly defended Tolkien against criticism from some academic quarters, perhaps she feels must reaffirm her academic credentials by dissing the 'truly' 'childish' tale, TH. Sometimes all that light up there in the forest canopy makes it hard to see the fecund 'shrooms and ferns--the biodiversity-- a-growin' in the forest floor.