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- Laconic Review of RINGS OF POWER Episode Six
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- Laconic Review of THE RINGS OF POWER, Episode 5 (JC)
- Bilbo's Birthday (More Events at Marquette)
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- Laconic Review of RINGS OF POWER Episode 3
- Laconic Review of THE RINGS OF POWER Episode 2
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- THE HISTORY OF THE HOBBIT Class Starts Tomorrow
- The Wife Says
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Tolkien Notes 214 weeks ago
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2 comments:
I've been puzzling over this for a week, and I have to know. You meant that in the Ursula Le Guin sense, right?
Dear Carolyn
Sorry for the delay
Yes, I thought the characters in the first episode were too modern in their personalities and behavior. Their elves aren't v. elvish, while their harfoots and dwarves are parodic. It fit the phenomenon Le Guin diagnosed in her essay FROM ELFLAND TO POUGHKEEPSIE; hence the (rather oblique) nod to her work
Not that I don't think Le Guin only tells half the story. But that's the subject of another post.
--John R.
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