If Homer wrote ' The Iliad ' and ' The Odyssey ' from Greek legends, John RR Tolkien first created his own legends and then wrote his version of the Iliad. It is easy to follow the lineage of the kings of Gondor or Elendil and their predecessors as it is to go back in the European monarchies until the time of Charlemagne. Middle-earth, his universe, is not a simple place where only the great stories of the central characters matter, but it is a living world composed of beautiful places and towns that each have their own languages, customs, legends, songs, genealogies and traditions. Fond of language, mythology and ancient cultures, Tolkien took what was originally a story for his children to a level of complexity and detail that continues to surprise us as it did the very first time.
Tolkien and the incredible world that he created have set the pace and style of fantasy literature worldwide.
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