Saturday, December 15, 2018
One of the Grandeurs of Philology
Tom Shippey, Roots and Branches: Selected Papers on Tolkien (Zollikofen: Walking Tree Publishers, 2007), p. 13:
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Yet one may say that one of the grandeurs of philology has always been the way in which tiny details can open up great vistas of suggestion and, furthermore, find a natural connection between ancient and modern, and even with the facts of one's own life.
