Wanderings of Húrin: "Too much speech; too little action"-do you agree?

[Inderjit S]

This is the critisicm that Prof. Clyde Kilby levelled at the Wanderings of Húrin (HoME 11). Do you think so? Like C.T I found it to be engaging and interesting. But I wish he had written about Húrin's actions in Doriath and more fully in Nargothrond.

*Note it is meant to read to much sPeech, not sOeech. Can a mod correct this?

[Ponte]

I think it was very good, all the new information about the house of Haleth was very interesting and I found it very interesting to read about the Moot. But of course I wish that he had written about what Húrin did in Nargothrond and Doriath.

[Bucky]

Clyde who? :confused:

I enjoyed it, but found it somewhat 'choppy', meaning it was all cut up, but I guess that's the case with the more 'unfinished tales'......
Plus, those constant footnotes can drive you insane. :mad:

It also seemed in need of revision.

I thought that the whole opening premise upon which Hurin was upset with the Haladin to begin with needed a little more working up to be more believable too.

But, I guess that was part of the point JRRT was trying to get across:

Morgoth had so distorted Hurin's point of view that he wasn't seeing anything in it's true light......

I did read it quickly though because the book had to go back to the library....
I'd waited weeks for it to arrive from out of town & was away part of the time I finally got it in to my library.

Now I have it - just got volumes 10, 11 & 12 from Amazon - & I plan on reading 10 & 11 more thoroughly after browsing through #12.

BTW, I agree, I would've liked to read more on Nargothrond & Doriath, but let's be honest: We could say that about EVERY aspect of Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth. ;)

Most interesting revelation to me:

There was a large group of Men following Hurin. In The Sil, we get the impression he's alone.