Was Tolkien Depressed? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

greywind · 07-19-2002, 02:05 PM

Well, greyhavener, I agree when you said that Tolkien was "filled with sadness that was yet blessed and without bitterness", that was actually what I tried to explain in my last post. After all, that was what he filled his book with, and there is no doubt that this state-of-mind was in his mind a little "higher" that other... This is the romantic sadness, in witch he admired [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

But that, however, is not what I would call beeing depressed...

07-19-2002, 02:05 PM	#1
greywind Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 22	Well, greyhavener, I agree when you said that Tolkien was "filled with sadness that was yet blessed and without bitterness", that was actually what I tried to explain in my last post. After all, that was what he filled his book with, and there is no doubt that this state-of-mind was in his mind a little "higher" that other... This is the romantic sadness, in witch he admired [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] But that, however, is not what I would call beeing depressed...