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   From: jon.lennart.beck.its.my.name@mail.its.in.danmark   
      
   "Steuard Jensen"  skrev i meddelelsen   
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    > But the real issue, I think, is that the "mature" side of Tolkien   
   > Studies has made a significant effort to separate itself from   
   > story-internal discussions. That has value in the academic world, of   
   > course: it helps to emphasize that you're doing real scholarship   
   > rather than just engaging in fannish games. But it does mean that   
   > anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a Tolkien scholar is   
   > strongly discouraged from story-internal study.   
      
      Wait, what?  Am I misunderstanding something again, or is this the   
   equivalent of being taken seriously as a theoretical physicist by studying   
   scientists like Bohr and Einstein, including quantum mechanics and   
   relativity mainly inasmuch as these may illuminate the main interest?   
      
   Jon Lennart Beck.   
      
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