Wagner and Tolkien
Vink, Renée Both Rings were round and there the resemblance ceases", wroteJ.R.R. Tolkien about the rings in his epic The Lord of the Rings andRichard Wagner's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. Or didhe? The answer is not as straightforward as many Tolkien fansbelieve, whether they agree with the statement or consider it misguided.Nor is the statement itself as transparently defensive assome Wagner buffs suggest.Much has been said and written about Wag...