Tolkien was trad-cath of the Augustus Pugin sort. He idolized decentralised rural life and was sceptical of industrialisation which is clear in the rings series. He was part of the gothic revival in the turn of the century which also saw more socialists in the arts & craft movement but he was more of the Oxford types. I don't think he was more problematic about race than his contemporaries. (Like the redskin picaninnies in Peter Pan, yikes.)
What I do have a problem with is Tolkein's rambling. It takes him 400 pages of describing every rock, clearing or tree that the main characters see before getting to Elrond. I like the main idea of the Hobbit more because it's more anti-war and anti-money.
Holy shit yes!! Im reading the books now. The beginning was excruciating to read. It serious took so fucking long to go anywhere important. Up untill the prancing pony almost everything was useless to the story. Lmao. And I don't even read the songs and poems.
Tolkien was trad-cath of the Augustus Pugin sort. He idolized decentralised rural life and was sceptical of industrialisation which is clear in the rings series. He was part of the gothic revival in the turn of the century which also saw more socialists in the arts & craft movement but he was more of the Oxford types. I don't think he was more problematic about race than his contemporaries. (Like the redskin picaninnies in Peter Pan, yikes.)
What I do have a problem with is Tolkein's rambling. It takes him 400 pages of describing every rock, clearing or tree that the main characters see before getting to Elrond. I like the main idea of the Hobbit more because it's more anti-war and anti-money.
Holy shit yes!! Im reading the books now. The beginning was excruciating to read. It serious took so fucking long to go anywhere important. Up untill the prancing pony almost everything was useless to the story. Lmao. And I don't even read the songs and poems.
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