Here's a more scholarly way of expressing how (and why) Tolkien saw himself as a discoverer of legends rather than an inventor of stories.
Our Own Dear John Ronald: Reconstructing
Our Own Dear John Ronald: Tuor
Tuor happens to be my favorite among Tolkien's characters. He was born in the wake of battle, both in Middle-Earth and in France.
Our Own Dear John Ronald: Dvergatal
In the original Old Norse, the Dvergatal contains rather more than sixty names, mostly strung together as a simple rhythmic list.
Poesie: Frost’s Fire and Ice
The truth is that Frost was the first American who could be honestly reckoned as a master-poet by world standards. - Robert Graves
Our Own Dear John Ronald: Power Corrupts
'True-hearted Men, they will not be corrupted.' (...) 'I am too strong for you, halfling'.
Death is a Boon Granted
Today 46 years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien passed on.
Our Own Dear John Ronald: 1066 and the Sackville-Bagginses
The Norman Conquest of England, led by William the Conqueror, was carried out between 1066 and 1071 AD. The conquest saw the death of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the replacement of the Anglo-Saxon elite as William was crowned king and redistributed land to his fellow Normans.
Our Own Dear John Ronald: Nothing Else Really Happened
The inner life, the life of the mind...
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