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A recent book which looks at this in an interesting fashion is _The Wake_ which treats the Norman Conquest in apocalyptic terms using a language markedly differ
by WillAdams 8mo ago
A recent book which looks at this in an interesting fashion is _The Wake_ which treats the Norman Conquest in apocalyptic terms using a language markedly different and appropriate
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21023409-the-wake https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21023409-the-wake
- inglor_cz 8mo agoThere is an interesting review of The Wake on the PSmiths literary substack: https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/guest-review-the-wake-by-paul-kingsnorth https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/guest-review-the-wake-by-paul-k...
- WillAdams 8mo agoThat has moved it out of a wish list and into my cart for my next purchase. Makes me wonder what J.R.R. Tolkien would have thought of this.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoIf you go far enough down the Psmiths' online rabbit hole, you'll find (via footnote 7) some speculation on that. Tolkien was apparently of the opinion that the Norman Conquest was a Very Bad Thing for English historical language and culture, hence his frequent references and allusions to Anglo-Saxon mythology. It sounds like he would have been a fan of The Wake as described here.
- WillAdams 8mo agoThat was my thought as well, and it's an interesting thought exercise, but unless there is some note on this which I'm not aware of, it's just reasoned speculation.