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All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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Showing posts with label The Lay of Leithian. Show all posts

Showing posts with label The Lay of Leithian. Show all posts

04 March 2017

'She died' -- The Choice of Lúthien and the Destiny of the Elves (FR 1.xi.191-93)

In one of the most disappointing scenes in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's film, The Fellowship of the Ring , Strider and t...

06 June 2016

In the Dead Marshes We Hear No Larks at Morning

Paul Nash, We Are Making A New World, Imperial War Museum Since at least the twelfth century larks at morning have featured in Engli...

31 January 2016

Words Which They Only Partly Understood -- The First Hymn to Elbereth (FR 1.iii.79)

‘Listen! They are coming this way,’ said Frodo. ‘We have only to wait.’ The singing drew nearer. One clear voice rose now above the...

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