tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post8058285969205045487..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Flieger on EarendelJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-49311949582997788242021-04-22T20:46:26.042-07:002021-04-22T20:46:26.042-07:00Ed Pierce,
There's no doubt that some of Tolk...Ed Pierce,<br /><br />There's no doubt that some of Tolkien's lacunae are deliberate, but whether Earendil is one of the deliberate ones I tend to doubt as you do. But the references to Wade gave me pause on that point.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-45969816782540551642021-04-21T14:17:01.703-07:002021-04-21T14:17:01.703-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ed Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660513977428598030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-51603784431475659182021-04-21T12:57:40.777-07:002021-04-21T12:57:40.777-07:00I thought the talk was fascinating. I'm not su...I thought the talk was fascinating. I'm not sure either that I agree that Tolkien deliberately intended not to finish fleshing out the story (if anything, I've always assumed that he never got around to it because the tale was at the end of the Silmarillion, and he kept spending his time going back and revising the earlier parts, as was his wont); but regardless of his intention, the fact that there IS a gap there is interesting, and reflects the situation we have with so many other old mythological stories. It's not like (for example) the composer(s) of the Poetic Edda tale of Sigurd was intending their story to have a lacuna, but it's eventually come down to us that way anyway.Ed Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660513977428598030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-66939754880608593542021-04-20T23:09:45.031-07:002021-04-20T23:09:45.031-07:00This is timely for my work; thanks for the link!This is timely for my work; thanks for the link!Carolyn Priest-Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221326034301943690noreply@blogger.com