tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746173806126403959.post6408989458626626214..comments2023-11-07T06:20:12.181-08:00Comments on Tolkien: Medieval and Modern: Language and Legends"Tolkien: Medieval and Modern"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04348913969813157482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746173806126403959.post-90272295704924676632017-04-09T15:45:29.490-07:002017-04-09T15:45:29.490-07:00I sense a struggle in your own thinking between wh...I sense a struggle in your own thinking between what Tolkien says about his feeling for languages and his admission that there were things in his own experience that colored his stories. Perhaps there is a clue in the way in which he talks about both language and his experience in such sensory terms ("flavor," "color")? Is he telling us something about the creative process more generally or just his own? RLFB"Tolkien: Medieval and Modern"https://www.blogger.com/profile/04348913969813157482noreply@blogger.com