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Now this... I didn't even hear about this. But Tolkien's life is one worthy of being told.
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I wonder if it'll include a scene covering his set to with his German publisher?
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Do tell...Captain Seafort wrote:I wonder if it'll include a scene covering his set to with his German publisher?
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He was trying to get The Hobbit published in Germany in the late 30s, and got the usual guff with them asking for documentary proof that he had "Aryan ancestry". His response was a long letter lecturing them on the origins of the term "Aryan", with all the detail only a professor of linguistics could master, followed by a short paragraph that can be summarised as "if you're asking if the name Tolkien is Jewish, I've checked thoroughly, and the answer is unfortunately not." The Hobbit didn't get published in Germany until after the war.Graham Kennedy wrote:Do tell...Captain Seafort wrote:I wonder if it'll include a scene covering his set to with his German publisher?
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I've read that. And it is a wordy, well-written burn against Nazi 'purity' bullshit.Captain Seafort wrote:He was trying to get The Hobbit published in Germany in the late 30s, and got the usual guff with them asking for documentary proof that he had "Aryan ancestry". His response was a long letter lecturing them on the origins of the term "Aryan", with all the detail only a professor of linguistics could master, followed by a short paragraph that can be summarised as "if you're asking if the name Tolkien is Jewish, I've checked thoroughly, and the answer is unfortunately not." The Hobbit didn't get published in Germany until after the war.Graham Kennedy wrote:Do tell...Captain Seafort wrote:I wonder if it'll include a scene covering his set to with his German publisher?
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Ha, good for him.Captain Seafort wrote:He was trying to get The Hobbit published in Germany in the late 30s, and got the usual guff with them asking for documentary proof that he had "Aryan ancestry". His response was a long letter lecturing them on the origins of the term "Aryan", with all the detail only a professor of linguistics could master, followed by a short paragraph that can be summarised as "if you're asking if the name Tolkien is Jewish, I've checked thoroughly, and the answer is unfortunately not." The Hobbit didn't get published in Germany until after the war.Graham Kennedy wrote:Do tell...Captain Seafort wrote:I wonder if it'll include a scene covering his set to with his German publisher?
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