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After the last Bombadil post, Burglar made this comment: I hadn't thought of this before. Perhaps this is an avenue for further reflection. Denethor and other characters (foolishly)
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
Jesse Thorgersen and I have dialogued some be on the role of Bombadil in Tolkien's LOTR. His latest is worth everyone seeing. His text is in italics--mine
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
Many thanks for the links and the feedback on the Bombadil piece. I realized when I was writing it that it's a tendentious position, and that most would
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
I'm going to enter unfamiliar territory for Mere-O: Lord of the Rings. I am no expert in the matter--in fact, I have just finished only my
Andrew SelbyMeaning and HermeneuticsLiteratureEpistemology
For some time I have been bothered by the phenomenon of 20th C. literary criticism of all varieties: Marxist, feminist, post-colonial and the other smatterings. It just rubs me
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
My students have recently been reading Charles Williams' Descent into Hell. Though I had read Williams' Figure of Beatrice (which is, incidentally, an excellent commentary on Dante'
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyLiterature
It's unbelievable how pregnant my soul is with thought. Yes, that's a very Platonic thing to say, but I've just spent 15 hours reading
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyLiterature
Tonight's major revelation: I am not a Platonist. Fundamentally, I think Good is not "beyond" Being. I do not see how this can be coherent. Details
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophyLiterature
It's been a long, fascinating evening of Being, Becoming and 30 amazing people. The Republic meta-thon turned in to a Timaeus/Republic metathon. You can read the