[ClosedHeroQuest] Re: Troy - sigh

From: David Cake <dave_at_SIgcpcoMbc7x5_Wvpef-UGSyr4AxHhLsRQpYEgd_o-fyjvEw2Q5PP7Rnr7IZmdjD1ToRwA0>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 01:50:30 +0800


>Glad to see that I'm not alone in this :-).
>
>> >A) Almost gives the ring to the Nazgul (whether as an offering, or by
>putting
>> >it on)
>>
>> A freudian would make something of the fact that Frodo was submissively
>> offering his ring to a dark rider...
>
>Freudians have already gone over Tolkien, picking out things like Rings,
>holes in the ground, swords, sword from holes in the ground... The Hobbit is
>even worse than the trilogy...

        The classic attack on Tolkien remains Michael Moorcocks essay Epic Pooh, though
quotable quote
> The Lord of the Rings is much more deep-rooted in its infantilism
>than a good many of the more obviously juvenile books it influenced.
>It is Winnie-the-Pooh posing as an epic. If the Shire is a suburban
>garden, Sauron and his henchmen are that old bourgeois bugaboo, the
>Mob - mindless football supporters throwing their beer-bottles over
>the fence

	Cheers
		David

           

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