Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring
by ggm on Saturday August 19, 2023 @09:46PM
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> It saddens me that the Lord of The Rings was commercialised.
It saddens you that Tolkien found a publisher? How did you want them to disseminate? By the oral tradition in mead halls?
I know you mean debased beyond the printed word but that happened when Ralf Bakshi made his not very good cartoon and when Leonard Nimoy read the poems.
It saddens you that Tolkien found a publisher? How did you want them to disseminate? By the oral tradition in mead halls?
I know you mean debased beyond the printed word but that happened when Ralf Bakshi made his not very good cartoon and when Leonard Nimoy read the poems.