(urth) traveling north

[John Watkins]

And Tolkien would weep a silent tear to see his work called "allegorical."

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
>
> > It's my understanding that was how it started with he drawing distant
> time
> > and CS Lewis drawing distant space, but as it took on a life of its own
> it
> > became increasingly allegorical and less literally our world. Though with
> > events like the Bending of the Roads, pretty much any discrepancies can
> be
> > explained away.
>
> No; Middle-earth (or, more properly, Arda) goes back to long before
> his famous "bargain" with Lewis. He began writing what would become
> _The Silmarillion_ during WWI.
>
> The product of the "bargain" was never completed.
>
>
> --
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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