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weaver
Half-elven
Oct 10 2012, 2:49am
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That Tolkien would have drawn from the same "pool" of sources as Scott, so that would give them some kind of kinship... The very strong Anti-Norman tone of the book was one thing that I would have thought Tolkien would have liked, given how he felt about what the Normans did to the original culture of his land. I was kind of surprised by that aspect of Ivanhoe, not anything I expected -- the Normans really come off very badly, though Scott has fun with the Saxons as well. I was also under the impression Tolkien did not really like the Arthur sagas a whole lot -- I'm kind of intrigued by that new Tolkien Arthur book, just to understand more of how he looked at those legends.
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Ivanhoe and Tolkien?
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weaver
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Oct 2 2012, 5:13pm
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ivanhoe and Tolkien
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Elenorflower
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Oct 2 2012, 9:47pm
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thank you for that link!
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weaver
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Oct 10 2012, 2:29am
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Interesting...
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Morthoron
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Oct 2 2012, 10:07pm
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Scott wrote "historical novels", not fantasy.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 3 2012, 1:16am
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I'm halfway through the book right now...
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weaver
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Oct 10 2012, 2:39am
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Agreed...
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weaver
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Oct 10 2012, 2:36am
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Scott was so popular
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FarFromHome
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Oct 3 2012, 8:53pm
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that makes sense...
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weaver
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Oct 10 2012, 2:49am
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I found reference to this interesting exhibition book
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Elenorflower
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Oct 10 2012, 11:46am
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thanks again!
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weaver
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Oct 11 2012, 3:09am
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