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Angharad73
Lorien
Feb 2, 10:39am
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I certainly don't know. Nor do I really care. I read what interests me. Some of what critics tell us is great literature I find mind-numbingly boring and eye-rollingly pretentious. As will all Arts, it is a matter of taste. One man's Art is another man's garbage...
Tolkien may not pepper his narrative with big words, but the man nevertheless was a genius in my opinion. Not only did he tell wonderful tales with strong, interesting characters, he invented a whole world with its own mythology and not one but several languages. And his books are still around and are being read and enjoyed by many people. And they will be for many years to come. Besides, waht's wrong with being influenced by writers like William Wordsworth?
I wonder if perhaps some of the people who do not think Tolkien a good writer picked up the books only after watching the LOTR movies, expecting a ripping tale of adventure and found books that were differently paced and written than they expected. I can certainly see them rejecting the books on those grounds.
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Why do some people say that Tolkien wasn't a writer?
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Rane
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Feb 2, 1:19am
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No accounting for taste.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 2, 2:38am
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He has certainty lasted a long time!
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Eowyn3
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Feb 2, 6:31am
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What is great literature?
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Angharad73
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Feb 2, 10:39am
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I wonder if they regret their decision
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Rane
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Feb 2, 9:19pm
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What makes a writer...
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Angharad73
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Feb 2, 10:01pm
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What about it?
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sador
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Feb 3, 8:01am
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I think it's a matter of opinion -
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geordie
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Feb 3, 9:47am
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Well put
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squire
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Feb 3, 2:21pm
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Also well put.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 3, 6:59pm
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Some critical reviews...
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Morthoron
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Feb 7, 3:07am
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Unfortunately, Tolkien will never win it.
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macfalk
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Feb 3, 12:05pm
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Tolkien never will win the Nobel Prize for Literature
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geordie
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Feb 3, 12:48pm
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The Nobel Prize has been awarded posthumously
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macfalk
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Feb 3, 3:40pm
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Just a minor, supplementary point: The Nobel Prize Committee
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NZ Strider
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Feb 11, 7:27am
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I heard that too
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sam90
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Feb 27, 5:31pm
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