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Re: LoTR # 1 on IMDB, Beowulf on NYTimes bestseller list
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:01:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
> Your remark 'rehash of Northern European mythology', could you elaborate?
I wrote: "Most of the stuff passing as a plot is little more than rehashed
Norse mythology." Is it the case that you want me to compare and contrast
Tolkien's work to Northern European mythology? Seems like a rather
thankless task. I am also not the most qualified person to perform such a
task. However, I assume you are well aware of the many myths touched on by
the subject matter and imagery stressed in the film of LOTR. I guess I am
not sure what is wanted here...
I don't presume to tell you what you most likely already know.
> Anyway Tolkien's role in a professional capacity was to take myth seriously:
I guess my only point of contention would be that this was clearly not
something being done by Tolkien alone. I think these kinds of things have a
groundswell that increases in strength over time. There is usually not a
single prime mover for these important ideas, but rather several. Certainly
Freud, Eliot, Frazier, and others were deeply interested in myths. I guess I
am underwhelmed by Tolkien's possible influence in this sphere as you are
the first person to raise him as a thinker of significance in this area --
at least in my experience.
This takes nothing away from his literary achievements, of which I remain
ignorant in the main -- except that I saw the film of LOTR.
-- Hop-Frog
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