The language is delightful, but one can’t help but agree with Tolkien’s assessment that what underlies the entire saga is “an evil and indeed silly ‘philosophy’” and the ending has one wondering indeed if Eddison admired “arrogance and cruelty.”1
The language is delightful, but one can’t help but agree with Tolkien’s assessment that what underlies the entire saga is “an evil and indeed silly ‘philosophy’” and the ending has one wondering indeed if Eddison admired “arrogance and cruelty.”1