Tolkien's seminal essay on fantasy literature, exploring the role of imagination and fairy-stories.
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Tolkien's seminal essay on fantasy literature, exploring the role of imagination and fairy-stories.
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A new expanded edition of Tolkien's most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. J.R.R. Tolkien's "On Fairy-stories" is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achi...
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will contain mild spoilers
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Minor references to religious themes in the context of storytelling.
Magic & witchcraft
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Moderate discussion of fantasy magic and fairy-story elements as literary concepts.
Occult / demonology
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Minor cultural messaging related to the value of imagination and literature.
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