Tolkien was obsessed w creating an authentically British national mythology even though Britain already had lots of thosehttps://twitter.com/andrierlingsson/status/863410966578507777 …
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Tolkien was extremely mad that King Arthur wasn't a fully authentic British hero bc he was too influenced by the French chivalric tradition
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Which is silly considering King Arthur is to Roland as Sherlock Holmes is to August Dupin
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CS Lewis' That Hideous Strength is a mashup where he directly conflates Tolkien's Numenor with Arthurian Avalon and Tolkien was so pissed
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Anyway long story short Tolkien hated the Frenchies, was still butt hurt over the Norman conquest, and possibly would've voted for Brexit
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2. Also heard one of his criticisms of C.S. Lewis was his inclusion of fantastical elements from outside cultures like fauns.
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