21-06-2013, 21:06
Je pense que Meneldur a utilisé comme source The JRR Tolkien Companion and Guide de Scull et Hammond, t.I, Chronology, p. 511-513 et l'article "Belgium" dans t. II, Reader's guide, p. 82-83.
On y apprend que Tolkien n'aime pas la pluie belge...
... et qu'il est étourdi :
On y apprend que Tolkien n'aime pas la pluie belge...
« He [Tolkien] was again at Solwaster from 13 to 19 September 1957: on 17 September he wrote to R.W. Burchfield that 'the rain on these moors and dark forests is continuous. "Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink" is very applicable, as everything is deluged, but the chalybeate water [impregnated with iron salts] is nearly brick-red: a bath is like being in dye-vat; to drink is nonsense' (Early English Text Society Archive). »
[Rque (et au passage clin d'oeil amical à Moraldandil ) : Tolkien cite un vers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tiré du poème The Rime of the Ancient Mariner](JRRC&G, t.II, p. 82-83)
... et qu'il est étourdi :
« 13 September 1957 Tolkien travels to Belgium and stays with Simonne d'Ardenne at Solwaster.
17 Septembrer 1957 Tolkien writes from Solwaster to Robert Burchfield. He has got his dates wrong, and only just realized that he should be attending an Early English Text Society Council meeting on 18 September.
19/20 September 1957 Tolkien arrives back in Oxford at about midnight and spends the night at Merton College. »
17 Septembrer 1957 Tolkien writes from Solwaster to Robert Burchfield. He has got his dates wrong, and only just realized that he should be attending an Early English Text Society Council meeting on 18 September.
19/20 September 1957 Tolkien arrives back in Oxford at about midnight and spends the night at Merton College. »
(JRRC&G, t.I, p. 511-512)