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Most of this implicitly focuses on the Lord of the Rings, which is rightfully the focus, but
Tolkien's posthumously published works are a different kettle of fish when it comes to prose style. There are a couple of mentions of The Silmarillion here, but I think they deserve to be grouped in a section
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Something that relates to item 4 but doesn't explicitly fall under the GA rubric is the general ordering of topics could use a more deliberate plan. The "Initial hostile reception" along with everything from "Simple but varied" to the end of the article (including
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The contrast between earlier and later perspectives is over-emphasized and framed too much as a contest. The emphatic phrasing "systematically rebuts
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language itself (syntax/diction). There is another theme on the use of langauge as a tool for characterization, which includes most of "Hobbits as mediators of the heroic" through "Distinctive individuality". Grouping sections accordingly would make the article more digestible.
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it would be better not to define a section by hostility. After describing
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need to be the first thing in the body just because the criticisms were early chronologically. I would rather inform the reader about what some characteristics of the prose actually are before talking about detractors.
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Tolkien's acceptance in the literary canon" without a secondary source to that effect may not be consistent with
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I do not note any errors along these lines. Many of the sentences carry multiple clauses, which could be broken into more discrete units of thought, but this is not a requirement for GA.
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At a minimum, the issues in 1b. and 4. need to be addressed before reaching GA status. There is substantial high-quality content here, so I look forward to seeing it refined.
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