Faery by John T Kruse - 2020
Over at The Notion Club Papers blog; I discuss how very different were JRR Tolkien's elves from those of folklore, such as described by John T Kruse in his 2020 compendium Faery: a guide to the lore, magic and world of the Good Folk.
Yet how, in late and unpublished writings; Tolkien endeavoured to bridge that gap; and to explain how the noble and virtuous elves of Lord of the Rings became transformed in nature and behaviour to those Beings which British people are recorded as having encountered in the past (and indeed, up to the present).
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