[lbo-talk] USA 2003

[dredmond at efn.org]

Quoting Brian Siano <siano at mail.med.upenn.edu>:


> Tolkien himself was utterly opposed to reading any kind of analogy to then- 
> current events into his works. 

Which proves that Tolkien was a significant writer, not a significant literary 
critic. Heiner Mueller was one of the sharpest minds around, but not even 
Heiner could have given a coherent explanation of what "Hamletmachine" was (or 
wasn't) meant to signify.

-- DRR