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3524496 No.3524496 [Reply] [Original]

Is there anything comparable to Middle Earth pre-Tolkien? Did he single-handedly "create" (popularize) high fantasy?

>> No.3524501

George MacDonald

>> No.3524504

>>3524501
As in George MacDonald's farm? Because there are a bunch of different animals coming together in one place much like Tolkien did with elves, goblins, etc?

>> No.3524513

>>3524496
Tolkien didn't hide his influences, and he cherry-picked from European myth and folklore. His stories were like the epic quests of Greek literature mixed with the Kalevala, Mabinogion, Arthurian legends and the Eddas.

He was probably one of the first to mix the supernatural / quest elements into what we would recognise as a modern novel though, yes.

>> No.3524523

>>3524513
>He was probably one of the first to mix the supernatural / quest elements into what we would recognise as a modern novel though, yes.

ummmmmmmmmmm nope

>> No.3524528

>>3524518
You missed out the main part of the sentence to try and make a point. Strange approach.
>>3524501
Yeah good one, George Macdonald and Grimm fairytales have the supernatural elements in a modern style.

>> No.3524568

i'm about to begin reading the colour of magic... what should I expect?