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Christopher Tolkien: Writings
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Tolkien has profoundly, and was himself profoundly inspired by, a wide range of cultures, mythologies, theologies, art, music, authors, and other source material. Here is where TTF members discuss and dilberate these topics.
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Includes a fold-out map on an integral leaf at rear showing only the north-west section of the standard map of Beleriand by Christopher Tolkien. Also includes nine colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Alan Lee.
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Tolkien's Ilúvatar/Eru is defined not so much by his power, but by his creativity. He creates the Great Music of the universe. His only remark on Melkor's rebellion is to say that Melkor unknowingly is promoting his grand design: that Melkor's introduction of dissonance into the musical mix will create a deeper, more beautiful resolution when the final Music is performed. This will be on Judgment Day. Ilúvatar is not a vengeful god, so rather than being a day of trials and retribution, Judgment Day will be a great reconciliation that will feature another group sing "by the choirs of Ainur and the Children of Ilúvatar" where everyone will hear the music and "all shall understand fully his intent in their part, and each shall know the comprehension of each."
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The library at Marquette has an inventory of the Tolkien manuscripts in its holdings. It is not very descriptive but it is available on line, and at the library. A much more detailed description of the manuscripts is being published in installments in TyaliE Tyelelliéva, again, see contents of issues 15, 16 and 17.
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As Drout explains, “For the purposes of this study . . . the most telling changes Tolkien made to ‘Critics’ as he modified it into ‘Monsters’ can be found in the famous allegory of the tower. This is the most frequently cited passage of “Monsters” and is, as critics have recognized, essential for understanding Tolkien’s thoughts about Beowulf ” (8). In the first draft, the “man found a mass of old stone in an unused patch, and made of it a rock-garden” to “set off commonplace flowers.” Although his friends all said “this garden is most interesting,” they tore it apart looking for hidden inscriptions on the stones or coal deposits under the soil, criticized its “jumble and confusion,” and faulted the man for being “tiresome” and having “no sense of proportion.”
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The question of racist or racialist elements in Tolkien's views and works has been the matter of some scholarly debate. Christine Chism distinguishes accusations as falling into three categories: intentional racism, unconscious Eurocentric bias, and an evolution from latent racism in Tolkien's early work to a conscious rejection of racist tendencies in his late work.
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