Bonobashi [08/08/12 13:33 +0530]:
I think we are reading too much into these works in politically correct hindsight. There is no getting away from the fact that Sanders of the River (and Major Hamilton, and Lt. Bones), Biggles, Bulldog Drummond - for that matter, even Billy Bunter - were racist somewhere deep below, but
and besides all those stereotypes, tolkien (and more than him, cs lewis) were intent on weaving christian allegories and an epic battle between good and evil into the narrative. Tolkien of course channeled norse myth along with it, and that was all about superiority and racial pride so yes, some traces of racism above and beyond what the average british author of their times would put in ..
