[Liz]

Writing to his son, Tolkien opines: ......" I have in this War a burning
private grudge ......against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler... "

[DManA]

What the!?!??!!? Nazis were pagans? I keep reading they were a Christian scurge.

[Alouette]

Good article. Thanks for sharing it. I've always been struck by the smiliarities between LOTR and the German epic Das Nibelungenlied which was the basis of the Wagnerian cycle of operas Der Ring des Nibelungen. I have always believed that Tolkien wrote LOTR to "ne-nazify" Wagner's "Ring."

Wagnerian hobbit:

[Faraday]

Very interesting article. Unfortunately, LOTR can't approach the cultural import, the moral depth of Monsters Ball. /sarcasm>

[Graewoulf]

Oscar time for the long boats!