Edwardian Literature and Tolkien

Got to thinking about the relationship between Edwardian Literature and the works of JRR Tolkien the last few days. I guess it was because of a recent episode of The Librarian the was a take off on King Solomon's Mines. It was interesting to see an up dated version of the this classic. Of course the main character in The Librarian is no Allan Quatermain, but he still sets up a great story.
Tolkien moved away from the proper gentleman to raise up the dignity of the pastoral farmland character . This is of course is seen mostly in the Hobbit race,
Now I need to think about how the enolution of the race of elves plays into the equation.
If you are lucky.