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*'''Subject:''' Reactions to a review of ''[[The Return of the King]]'' published in the ''Times Literary Supplement'' (25 November 1955).<ref name=CG/><ref name=TS/> | *'''Subject:''' Reactions to a review of ''[[The Return of the King]]'' published in the ''Times Literary Supplement'' (25 November 1955).<ref name=CG/><ref name=TS/> | ||
*'''Publication:''' | *'''Publication:''' A quotation from the letter has been published in ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]''.<ref name=TS>[[Tom Shippey]], ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'' (Grafton 2nd ed., p. 132n; HarperCollins 3rd ed., p. 164)</ref> | ||
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David Masson 12 December 1955 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr David I. Masson (librarian at the University of Leeds[1]), written on 12 December 1955.[2]
- Subject: Reactions to a review of The Return of the King published in the Times Literary Supplement (25 November 1955).[2][3]
- Publication: A quotation from the letter has been published in The Road to Middle-earth.[3]
Excerpt
Tolkien remarked that the reviewer should not have made such a fuss over giving quarters to orcs. 'Surely how often "quarter" is given is off the point in a book that breathes Mercy from start to finish: in which the central hero is at last divested of all arms, except his will? "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil", are words that occur to me, and of which the scene, in the Sammath Naur was meant to be a "fairy-story" exemplum ...'
—[3]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 40
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 482
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth (Grafton 2nd ed., p. 132n; HarperCollins 3rd ed., p. 164)
