NP Tolkien Picks Up A Few More Bits Of Cultural Baggage

[Otto]

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From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
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> ... and, like the journalist, I'd certainly be surprised and concerned if
> anyone with any real influence or credibility started taking up _TLOTR_ as
a
> valid or reliable source for discussion (let alone action) re. (i.e.
> "'about'") the mooted war against Iraq.
>
> best
>
>
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46263-2002Dec27.html
> >
> > Tolkien Picks Up A Few More Bits Of Cultural Baggage
> > By Chris Mooney
> > Washington Post
> > Sunday, December 29, 2002; Page B03
>
>

Arms and the men and hobbits
>From Middle Earth to New York and Washington, the morality of war is at
issue, says Salman Rushdie

"The Two Towers - how fortunate for all concerned that this title was not
ready for release 12 months ago, in the immediate aftermath of the fall of
the World Trade Centre - follows Tolkien in creating a universe of moral
absolutes. Tolkien didn't like people calling his great work an allegory of
the battle against Adolf Hitler, but the echoes of the second world war, the
last just war, are everywhere."
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,868100,00.html

The last two part of _TLOTR_ actually live at:
http://www.dradio.de/

Otto

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