tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post3895109057336704710..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: Shirley Jackson on TolkienDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-65837471480487733632021-08-22T16:23:13.140-04:002021-08-22T16:23:13.140-04:00Still, it's fun to read someone writing about ...Still, it's fun to read someone writing about Tolkien before he was a media sensation. <br /><br />Dale NelsonWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-58647531501445257782021-08-22T16:05:47.361-04:002021-08-22T16:05:47.361-04:00You betchaYou betchaBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17471647696887316185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-39396349053461858012021-08-22T13:34:18.880-04:002021-08-22T13:34:18.880-04:00I learned, a LONG time ago, that amateur psycholog...I learned, a LONG time ago, that amateur psychological analysis of an author never turns out well and often turns out very badly...for the person playing amateur psychologist.Matt Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613295692997491442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-1267927475026219512021-08-22T11:25:46.603-04:002021-08-22T11:25:46.603-04:00Doubtless you are right. But she didn't have t...Doubtless you are right. But she didn't have to go on abut the spanking or the fears of his headmaster's wife! Pure imagination. Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-78414197646048508542021-08-22T11:22:13.306-04:002021-08-22T11:22:13.306-04:00In very partial defense of Jackson (not of her sec...In very partial defense of Jackson (not of her second letter, which I agree is a "farrago"), in 1960 nobody could really know anything about Tolkien in a biographical sense; that wouldn't happen until he became a minor celebrity later in the decade. At most one (and probably not SJ) could look him up in the UK Who's Who and glean from it- next to nothing, save his birthdate, Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17471647696887316185noreply@blogger.com