It’s not like he sat on his ass before then: He went to Oxford until his early 20s, then WW1, illness, working on the OED, working at Pembrooke, translating the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, etc. his work on translating Beowulf drastically changed how it was percieved(before he pointed out the poetic nature, it was viewed as a childish tale of monster battles).
Not to mention that he was writing LOTR in stages during WW2, and he was a lecturing professor at the time.
It’s not like he sat on his ass before then: He went to Oxford until his early 20s, then WW1, illness, working on the OED, working at Pembrooke, translating the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, etc. his work on translating Beowulf drastically changed how it was percieved(before he pointed out the poetic nature, it was viewed as a childish tale of monster battles).
Not to mention that he was writing LOTR in stages during WW2, and he was a lecturing professor at the time.
What a show off
Shh… don’t make us feel bad about our pathetic lifes.
So now I have Tolkien to hate for being forced to study Beowulf?!