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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 7543839" data-attributes="member: 30438">Other than painting a picture, Tolkien’s emphasis on pastoral, bucolic scenes build the stakes – the beauty of the world is the very thing being fought for.As for the economy of words, I hardly see Tolkien as being terribly florid. But then again, I loathe Hemmingway.I think there are certain people that love taking pot-shots at Tolkien. Even Michael Moorcock (whom I certainly dig, but think some of his criticisms are the pot calling the kettle black), famously has done so. Tolkien’s more or less the Status Quo, the Establishment, the Grandfather of Fantasy. That makes him a target. And yes, there are things he can and should be dinged on. But language, in my opinion, is not one of them.</blockquote>