The Works of J.R.R. Tolkein A Brief Time in History
J.R.R Tolkein’s fantasy world of Middle Earth, the setting for his The Lord of the Rings epic tale, seems to be much more than mere fantasy. Its roots run deep in actual history, and upon examination, the paralleling lines become clearer. Much of the historical basis for this tale dates back hundreds of years, specifically the roots of Middle Earth’s languages. Although, many events of this fantasy realm may have come from more recent twentieth-century history. This theory is still unsolved, and Tolkein himself has often denied the case. It is still debated whether the Great War of the Ring, and many other events of Middle Earth, was inspired by actual events that occurred in Tolkein’s life. Tolkein himself, within the Lord of the Rings foreword, discounts these events as having direct correlation to events that happened in reality. However, some of Tolkein’s personal letters seem to contradict his very own discounting of the parallelism. Tolkein, a second lieutenant in the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I, took part in the Battle of Somme. He was also present for at least one of the disastrous stormings of the Schwaben Redoubt, a German fortification. Eventually he f
I took to 'escapism': or really transforming experience into another form and symbol with Morgoth and Orcs and the Eldalië (representing beauty and grace of life and artefact) and so on; and it has stood me in good stead in many hard years since, and I still draw on the conceptions then hammered out. (van Holstein)
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