[Homestead] Tolkein
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Fri Jun 16 11:45:19 EDT 2006
> each time I see something new.....a new
>analogy, a new symbolism, a new meaning in one of the poems, etc.
Good fiction evokes unique vision by each reader. Tolkien intended
far less than readers found: '"In his forword to the work Tolkien
expressed his dislike of allegory: "As for any inner meaning or
'message', it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither
allegorical nor topical...'"
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tolkien.htm
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