| Re: Is it me or is it Tolkien?
A lot of people also seem to forget that Tolkien didn't write for anyone but himself. If the LOTR never had seen the light of day, Tolkien still had enjoyed himself and that was his main goal: enjoying the process of creating (and maybe entertaining his son(s)).
Tolkien maybe didn't get easily influenced by people, he, however, was hugely influenced by other work: Beowolf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Norwegian mythology, etc. |