01-27-2003, 10:00 AM | #29 | ||||
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A case for the American influence on JRRT
Wading through the thickets of politics and geography for a bit....
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But also a good case can be made for an influence on Tolkien from the United States. Exhibit A would definitely be Stephen Crane's The Black Riders and Other Lines. Crane's black riders referred to a childhood dream he had where black riders had appeared out of the sea. One could say this is a coincidence, but check out #37: Quote:
Then there is Ambrose Bierce's definition of "Belladonna" in The Devil's Dictionary: Quote:
Anyway, these two writers were alive, famous and and influential at about the time JRRT was at his most impressionable. I'd say there's a strong case for an American influence on him.
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