• Re: Robert Graves and Tolkien

    From Charlie Williams@williamscharlie457@gmail.com to rec.arts.books.tolkien on Thu Dec 28 08:34:20 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books.tolkien

    On Monday 11 September 2000 at 06:35:01 UTC+1, Matthew Harris wrote:
    Doesa nyone here know of any comments or opionins that JRR Tolkien has
    about English poet Robert Graves, or vice versa? Since they were both living and working during the same time period, and they both were part of the English literary scene, they must have at least known of each other.
    Apart from merely being alive at the same time, I would imagine that they must have had at least a little in common, since both individually seemed to have come up with life views that put more emphasis on poetry and nature
    then on the predominant values of British society of the time. So did they ever realize the similarities in each others thoughts or works?
    They were both active professors of literature at their respective Oxford colleges. They most definitely knew, or at minimum, knew of each other. However, due to being specialised in different areas, they had no reason to collaborate. This is likely why there is no recorded document of the two together.
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