Tolkien

Too strong to cry, maybe? Wonder if Tolkien cried during WWI?
 
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ThomasJ79 said:
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I’d love to know what Tokien made of the interview. NFP meets STJ …. ?
Or not …. ?

But then we have decades of Christopher Tolkien’s publications of his father’s world-building to draw upon, so that’s looking back with a hindsight that wasn’t available in those days.
 
John K said:
I’d love to know what Tokien made of the interview. NFP meets STJ …. ?
Or not …. ?

But then we have decades of Christopher Tolkien’s publications of his father’s world-building to draw upon, so that’s looking back with a hindsight that wasn’t available in those days.
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Quite a stark contrast between Tolkien’s conceptual thinking and the concrete thinking of the interviewer, who just did not seem to understand much of what Tolkien said.
 
My quickening pulse, my tremble, my tears, and my radiant smile...


Cheers,
Ian
 
‘Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. “Elendil!” he cried. “I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur, Elendil’s son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!”

Gimli and Legolas looked at their companion in amazement, for they had not seen him in this mood before. He seemed to have grown in stature while Éomer had shrunk; and in his living face they caught a brief vision of the power and majesty of the kings of stone. For a moment it seemed to the eyes of Legolas that a white flame flickered on the brows of Aragorn like a shining crown.

Éomer stepped back and a look of awe was in his face. He cast down his proud eyes. “These are indeed strange days”" he muttered. “Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.”’

Cheers,
Ian
 
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