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In Reply to: Then comment ont this... posted by dennzio on December 22, 2003 at 13:37:05:
-----> My son pointed out that he believes that Tolkien, as philologist, really wanted some framework to hang all his invented Elvish languages on...and that he didn't really consider himself a great writer.<-----Your son is absolutely correct -- Prof. Tolkien would come up with an Elvish name for a person, place or thing using real and invented root languages in old Norse or high German and then work out backstory to fit the name. The Silmarillion is almost entirely based on philology. While Tolkien always considered himself an Oxford Don of Philology first and formost and a writer as second, and was rightfully proud of his story-telling ability in the LOTRs, he always regretted the construction and "talking down" that pervades The Hobbit.
-----> I happen to know that Clark admires CS lewis as a writer, and Lewis truly admired and was friends with Tolkien. <-----
Yup, Tolkien and Lewis were lifelong friends although they were quite different personalities -- Lewis was big and loud, Tolkien small and quiet -- and they were members in a group called The Inklings which would meet at a pub once a week to critique each member's literary output.
Of course I've read Lewis's Perelanda, Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength many times -- I admire the trilogy (especially the first two books) greatly.
If you want to learn more about Tolkien as a writer, I recommend that you read "Tolkien, Author of the Century" by Tom Shippey -- it provides a nicely balanced perspective on Tolkien's writing style vs. his mastery of languages.
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