US EditionJ.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work
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When we think of The Lord of the Rings and his previous novels, such as The Hobbit, it is customary to talk about how J. R. R. Tolkien wrote them as stories to tell his children. However, that does not mean that his stories are condescending. We say this because Tolkien's approach to his work is key to talking about his great contempt for Walt Disney. Both are contemporary and published his works fairly evenly, one in Britain and the other in Ho…
J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work
Image via Wikimedia Commons I’ve just started reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit to my daughter. While much of the nuance and the references to Tolkienian deep time are lost on her, she easily grasps the distinctive charms of the characters, the nature of their journey, and the perils, wonders, and Elven friends they have met along the way so far. She is familiar with fairy tale dwarfs and mythic wizards, though not with the typology of insular…
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