Google| Subject | Re: Reading LotR and the newsgroups |
| From | Christopher Kreuzer |
| Date | 08/15/2004 01:07 (08/15/2004 01:07) |
| Message-ID | <QWwTc.377$R22.5597372@news-text.cableinet.net> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien |
| Follows | John Swanson |
| Followups | John Swanson (12h & 20m) |
John Swanson <nospam@nospam.com>wrote:
John SwansonA bit like: "he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom"? :-)
It is of course impossible to leave the realistic reading out completely, since it is a part of the agreement between Tolkien and his reader. And I can see the connection between nitpicking about details, and the fascination of the magnificent perspectives in time and space that these details build. But the realistic reading _as a starting point_ brings about a discussion that is trivial and tends to deprive the work of some of the shimmer and power that originally propelled the discussion.
It _is_ importance to get a balance that you are comfortable with. I guess that balance is personal and can (again) change over time! A lot of food for thought there.
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Christopher
-- --- Reply clue: Saruman welcomes you to Spamgard
08/15/2004
