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RE: ADSactly Literature: For the Love of Cult Authors: JRR Tolkien
Very good post, @honeydue. I didn't know that the publication of The Hobbit had been prompted by that child's approval of the story, which demonstrates the connection to the interests of the child reader (at least at that time).
Although you don't address it, I suppose much of the character of Tolkien's works must have been caused by the author's reading background: the influence of Scandinavian mythological knowledge, as well as medieval fantasy literature. This is an aspect that I am always interested in the reader-writer relationship in the author's own person.
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