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LOTR—morally ‘fortifying’?

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LOTR—morally ‘fortifying’?

Postby alliebath » June 5th, 2006, 9:57 pm

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re: LOTR—morally ‘fortifying’?

Postby Adam Linton » June 5th, 2006, 10:08 pm

I will think a bit more about the essay quote; it deserves some reflection before comment.

Briefly, at present, I will say that TLotR is morally fortifying, but not at all because it's pedantic in character or a morality tale in genre. I'd say that it is fortifying because of the quality and authenticity of its "sub-creation." On this issue, Tolkien's poem Mythopoeia comes to mind for me.
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