Verlyn Flieger's Splintered Light
Jul. 8th, 2004 07:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrIt's nowhere near time for my monthly book report, but I can't wait until the end of the month to mention how much I enjoyed Verlyn Flieger's Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. I found it utterly convincing, absorbing, well-written, and I learned so much. My copy is bristling with flags marking salient points. I found her e-mail address and I just might have to write her to fangirl her. I wonder if she gets many fan letters about a work of literary criticism.
Anyway, for those of you (like me) interested in Tolkien studies, I highly recommend it. It's actually gotten me excited about reading The Simarillion again.
Anyway, for those of you (like me) interested in Tolkien studies, I highly recommend it. It's actually gotten me excited about reading The Simarillion again.
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Date: 2004-07-08 05:56 am (UTC)Your comments make me want to reread that book. You're right, it's superb.
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Date: 2004-07-08 06:03 am (UTC)I had to read that sentence twice. Didn't seem possible. ;D
I might have to put Splintered Light on my (near-endless) list of Things Whot I Must Read.
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Date: 2004-07-08 06:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-09 01:14 pm (UTC)MKK
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Date: 2004-07-15 10:08 am (UTC)