Alas, not me

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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28 July 2016

'Radagast The Bird-Tamer!' and the Characterization of Saruman (FR 2.ii.238-39)

Radagast's Cunning © Lucas Graciano At the Council of Elrond Gandalf describes Radagast as 'a master of shapes and changes of...

20 July 2016

In/Of, Or, What's a Little Preposition Between Friends?

Note that Galadriel says: 'For the Lord of the Galadhrim is accounted the wisest of the Elves of Middle-earth,' not '...

17 July 2016

Galadriel and the Fall of Gandalf

It's that woman again My last post looked at Celeborn's famously poor showing as the wisest of the Elves of Middle-earth. He...

28 June 2016

Getting to the Bottom of Celeborn

'An evil of the Ancient World it seemed, such as I have never seen before,' said Aragorn. 'It was both a shadow and a flame,...

19 June 2016

Lincoln at Gettysburg and Modern Effrontery

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the pro...

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