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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7845741" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I'm not so sure about Tolkien there.</p><p></p><p>When I was younger Tolkien was not actually considered literature. It was comparable to the pulps or dime store books. It was considered not worthy of even university literature or even High School literature evaluations.</p><p></p><p>I saw that there were many that made it massively popular in the 70s and 80s and onwards, but even then most professors and such were very begrudging on whether Tolkien's works had any value.</p><p></p><p>I think what occurred is that they had many young students that DID view the Lord of the Rings as having value and when they finally came to their own and the old guard left, Tolkien's works were finally seen as being noteworthy literature in their own right (it basically almost started an entire genre of literature off of itself with many copycats and such of the Trilogy). </p><p></p><p>However, when I was young I did not see any of the "educated" teachers pushing the Lord of the Rings...in fact, most of the time they were derisive of it and had a very low view of it.</p><p></p><p>I felt differently, but I was not one of their educated peers in the so mighty world to determine what was worthy literature and what was not at that time period.</p><p></p><p>There was no religious backlash that I knew of regarding Tolkien, but he was definitely not something I saw on any reading lists of schools and such, in fact he was normally held in derision by teachers and professors and such in regards to literary value.</p><p></p><p>That came later, long after my youth, where Tolkien finally was well considered by the educated. Of course, many of those young individuals (such as yours truly) at the time held him in high esteem, but our opinions were not considered valid compared to our teachers. Now, I see Tolkien held as a great in literature, but originally I do not feel it was so. He was seen more as a writer of fairy tales and folklore, but as such his books were not considered comparable to those they felt wrote of the parallels of their time in satire or other means. </p><p></p><p>It is odd how opinion of what works are great and which are not change as time passes and as the views of the past change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7845741, member: 4348"] I'm not so sure about Tolkien there. When I was younger Tolkien was not actually considered literature. It was comparable to the pulps or dime store books. It was considered not worthy of even university literature or even High School literature evaluations. I saw that there were many that made it massively popular in the 70s and 80s and onwards, but even then most professors and such were very begrudging on whether Tolkien's works had any value. I think what occurred is that they had many young students that DID view the Lord of the Rings as having value and when they finally came to their own and the old guard left, Tolkien's works were finally seen as being noteworthy literature in their own right (it basically almost started an entire genre of literature off of itself with many copycats and such of the Trilogy). However, when I was young I did not see any of the "educated" teachers pushing the Lord of the Rings...in fact, most of the time they were derisive of it and had a very low view of it. I felt differently, but I was not one of their educated peers in the so mighty world to determine what was worthy literature and what was not at that time period. There was no religious backlash that I knew of regarding Tolkien, but he was definitely not something I saw on any reading lists of schools and such, in fact he was normally held in derision by teachers and professors and such in regards to literary value. That came later, long after my youth, where Tolkien finally was well considered by the educated. Of course, many of those young individuals (such as yours truly) at the time held him in high esteem, but our opinions were not considered valid compared to our teachers. Now, I see Tolkien held as a great in literature, but originally I do not feel it was so. He was seen more as a writer of fairy tales and folklore, but as such his books were not considered comparable to those they felt wrote of the parallels of their time in satire or other means. It is odd how opinion of what works are great and which are not change as time passes and as the views of the past change. [/QUOTE]
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