tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post113184745544460686..comments2024-03-28T04:30:11.046-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: Scholars and FanboysDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1132077223149596402005-11-15T11:53:00.000-06:002005-11-15T11:53:00.000-06:00Researching Language via Tolkien seems fanboy-ish ...Researching Language via Tolkien seems fanboy-ish in itself, to me; maybe the nerdy-ness of both fanboy-ism and serious scholarship blurs the distinction in my own mind--and I say that as one who doesn't have the self-discipline or the mental stamina for either.<BR/>I signed up for a listserv for Arthurian scholars once, for example, and couldn't understand a word they said. But I'm commenting here to make this one observation, that when I was introduced to the work of Robertson Davies, it was like taking an English Literature class, I found myself making regular trips to the library for Robert Browning, Sir Walter Scott, Oswald Spengler, Goethe, Rabelais, Robert Burton, Kant, Ovid--<BR/>No other writer (and especially not Tolkien) inspired me so to chase down the <I>context</I> of words and phrases like Davies did.<BR/>For what it's worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1131992428762312142005-11-14T12:20:00.000-06:002005-11-14T12:20:00.000-06:00Great post!Is there such a thing as an Unlocked Wo...Great post!<BR/><BR/>Is there such a thing as an Unlocked Wordhoard Fangirl? If so, where do I sign up for a membership?<BR/><BR/>By the way -- and this is a bit off-topic -- what do you say to the idea, which I've seen tossed about elsewhere, that the success of the "Lord of the Rings" movies has also provided modernists with a strange kind of cover for studying Tolkien, by allowing them to approach the subject as a matter of "pop cultural studies"?Kate Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340271913937155230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1131949547893263332005-11-14T00:25:00.000-06:002005-11-14T00:25:00.000-06:00A fun way of looking at scholarship! My thoughts o...A fun way of looking at scholarship! My thoughts on this expanded into a <A HREF="http://squiretalk.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">blog</A> of my own.squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280609151416389163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-1131897218205810252005-11-13T09:53:00.000-06:002005-11-13T09:53:00.000-06:00"- Wow, that was cool.-- Gee, I wonder what made i..."- Wow, that was cool.<BR/>-- Gee, I wonder what made it so cool?<BR/>-- Hmm, now that I think about it, I know what made it cool.<BR/>-- But how does that coolness work?<BR/>-- Ah, some guy has a theory for why things are cool. When I apply it here, you can REALLY see how cool it is.<BR/>-- Maybe I should write this down so other people can see how cool this is and enjoy it more."<BR/><BR/>Darn! If I knew it was *that* easy to get a doctorate, I wouldn't have slaved away for my MS in Physical Therapy! <BR/><BR/>LOL! A wonderful and pithy distillation of the process.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed.<BR/>ljcohen<BR/>http://ljcbluemuse.blogspot.comLisa Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.com