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What about it?

sador
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Feb 3 2013, 8:01am


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Tolkien had a great mastery of the English language, I'm sure he made his prose that way on purpose (and it's not boring, I think people's attention spans are dwindling year by year). The guy was a perfectionist.


Having a great mastery of language doesn't mean one could write well, or even that one is well-read in literature.
Tolkien for sure wrote his prose the way he did on purpose - but that does not mean that he chose correctly. The critic is as entitled to his/her opinion as the purest fan we have between us is entitled to his/her own.

Subject User Time
Why do some people say that Tolkien wasn't a writer? Rane Send a private message to Rane Feb 2 2013, 1:19am
    No accounting for taste. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Feb 2 2013, 2:38am
    He has certainty lasted a long time! Eowyn3 Send a private message to Eowyn3 Feb 2 2013, 6:31am
    What is great literature? Angharad73 Send a private message to Angharad73 Feb 2 2013, 10:39am
        I wonder if they regret their decision Rane Send a private message to Rane Feb 2 2013, 9:19pm
            What makes a writer... Angharad73 Send a private message to Angharad73 Feb 2 2013, 10:01pm
    What about it? sador Send a private message to sador Feb 3 2013, 8:01am
    I think it's a matter of opinion - geordie Send a private message to geordie Feb 3 2013, 9:47am
        Well put squire Send a private message to squire Feb 3 2013, 2:21pm
            Also well put. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Feb 3 2013, 6:59pm
                Some critical reviews... Morthoron Send a private message to Morthoron Feb 7 2013, 3:07am
    Unfortunately, Tolkien will never win it. macfalk Send a private message to macfalk Feb 3 2013, 12:05pm
        Tolkien never will win the Nobel Prize for Literature geordie Send a private message to geordie Feb 3 2013, 12:48pm
            The Nobel Prize has been awarded posthumously macfalk Send a private message to macfalk Feb 3 2013, 3:40pm
    Just a minor, supplementary point: The Nobel Prize Committee NZ Strider Send a private message to NZ Strider Feb 11 2013, 7:27am
    I heard that too Sam20 Send a private message to Sam20 Feb 27 2013, 5:31pm

 
 
 

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