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This is the essay I‘m the most intrigued to read, but I also expect to be frustrated by wanting more. After reading several of Tolkien‘s incomplete works, I know kind of what to expect. This includes commentary about Tolkien‘s nearly indecipherable notes and just enough detail to make you want to know more when it‘s impossible.

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I really, really enjoyed this chapter. My teenage me would have loved it, when she was trying to learn everything there was to learn about the Arthurian legends 😁

Considering Tolkien interest in the theme of the fall, I'm not surprised he was fascinated with these legends.
I particularly liked the one about Sir Gawain's revenge. I wonder why Tolkien decided to erase it 🤔

This was not the easiest essay to read, but it was fascinating. I found it really interesting how the versions focused on different aspects and diverged from each other. I had to slow down for the Middle English excerpts, but I could decipher almost all of it.

How‘s everyone else‘s reading going?

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Well, this was seriously epic 🤩
Loved that contrast between Mordred's stormy night and Arthur's and Gewain's bright dawn.
Such a pity this poem never went further 🥺

I keep having Silmarillion vibes.
Can't read the chapter about it.

A few pages of Tolkien, about his poem in comparison to Arthurian tradition, with LaGata tonight.

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The alliteration and rhythm mimics the sense of urgency; I can feel the galloping and the heartbeat of the moment. I‘m late to the party, but I‘m loving this work.

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Only read two cantos last week. I admit I'm struggling with the poetic form, but I'm also enjoying the story.

And I'll admit I'm quite eager to read the essays, because l did hear strong echoes from Middle-earth 😂
I mean, come me on! Guinevere fleeing in the forest like that!

I finished Canto V this afternoon, and thankfully I knew this was a very incomplete poem when we started. It feels to me like the story is really just getting started when Tolkien‘s work in progress ends. I would have loved to have read more of the story in this poetic style. Onto the essays tomorrow.

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#FellowshipOfTolkien In these crazy political times, it‘s always good to have a little something to lighten the mood. So if you like political humor, I suggest a YouTuber who calls himself The Pissed-Off Bartender. He coined the hilarious, but sadly accurate, term The Saffron Sauron. He seems to have about a million nicknames for DJT and his co-president, but this is the first one I heard him use and I think it‘s the funniest. But that‘s just me.

I read Canto II today and found it took a bit more effort to read than the first one.

The way Tolkien describes Guinevere in this section reminds me of Luthien fleeing from her house in the tree and out of the forest of Doriath.

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