pegkerr: (leaf on white)
pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2004-03-18 11:28 am

Query re: another book

Has anyone read this one, Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World, by Verlyn Flieger? Is it worth the money?

[identity profile] ex-greythist387.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
My notes say that Flieger goes through the "Bwf" and "On Fairy-stories" essays as well as Silmarillion; I haven't read the book but concur that it's well thought-of.

(In 1995 I produced an undergrad research paper on what people said Tolkien's sources were for LotR. Skipped reading Flieger because of his Silmarillion focus.)

[identity profile] olafkeith.livejournal.com 2004-03-18 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Verlyn Flieger is a *she*.
http://mythus.com/

[identity profile] ex-greythist387.livejournal.com 2004-03-19 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks.