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Jookielore123 · 01-24-2002, 10:09 AM

Greetings fellow Tolkien fans

I am doing a long research paper over The life of J.R.R Tolkien and his writing style(escapism). If anyone knows of a good research site or anyone has any helpful hints let me know

Thanks Jookie

barrelrider110 · 01-24-2002, 12:10 PM

Hi to you too, Jookie.
Escapism? Tolkien's writings are escapism?
Try A.A. Milne for escapism. Ok, I admit, we would all like to escape to Middle Earth at least once a day. If I were writing this long paper (1077 pages?) I would start with a good biography of J.R.R. himself. He had quite hard life early on. If you were in the Somme in 1917 I bet you would want to escape too. Also, there is a classic anti-Tolkien critical essay titled "Oooh those nasty Orcs." I forget the writer, but I found it in a book titiled "A Tolkien Treasury." It basically paints LOTR as a children's story. By the way, writing style refers to the manner in which the words of the story are crafted. Escapism is a category of literature. You could make the case for escapism in John Ronald Ruell's work, then again you could make quite a good case against it. Good luck.

markedel · 01-24-2002, 12:14 PM

In some editions of the silmarrilion there is an excellent letter by Tolkein outlining the themes of his work. It's a good outline of what ideally he wished to achieve.

Comic Book Guy · 01-25-2002, 08:19 PM

We, technically, are already in Middle-Earth because Tolkiens Works are a History of around 6000 years ago, we currently are in the sixth or seventh age I believe.

01-24-2002, 10:09 AM	#1
Jookielore123 Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Galveston tx Posts: 1	Hi ! Greetings fellow Tolkien fans I am doing a long research paper over The life of J.R.R Tolkien and his writing style(escapism). If anyone knows of a good research site or anyone has any helpful hints let me know Thanks Jookie

01-24-2002, 12:14 PM	#3
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Examine the Silmarrilion In some editions of the silmarrilion there is an excellent letter by Tolkein outlining the themes of his work. It's a good outline of what ideally he wished to achieve.

01-24-2002, 12:10 PM	#2
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Hi to you too, Jookie. Escapism? Tolkien's writings are escapism? Try A.A. Milne for escapism. Ok, I admit, we would all like to escape to Middle Earth at least once a day. If I were writing this long paper (1077 pages?) I would start with a good biography of J.R.R. himself. He had quite hard life early on. If you were in the Somme in 1917 I bet you would want to escape too. Also, there is a classic anti-Tolkien critical essay titled "Oooh those nasty Orcs." I forget the writer, but I found it in a book titiled "A Tolkien Treasury." It basically paints LOTR as a children's story. By the way, writing style refers to the manner in which the words of the story are crafted. Escapism is a category of literature. You could make the case for escapism in John Ronald Ruell's work, then again you could make quite a good case against it. Good luck.

01-25-2002, 08:19 PM	#4
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	We, technically, are already in Middle-Earth because Tolkiens Works are a History of around 6000 years ago, we currently are in the sixth or seventh age I believe.