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Originally Posted by pdurrant
You may read that into it, but it can't have been Tolkien's intention, conscious or unconscious, as the idea of the ruling ring comes to Tolkien in late 1938, well before nuclear weapons were around.
http://web.archive.org/web/200802271...04_genesis.pdf
is an excellent summary. |
I'm no expert, and I often wonder why Wagner's 'Ring' doesn't seem to be regarded as an influence on Tolkien's work. I only have a scanty knowledge of both works, but there seem to be a lot of parallels.