I wish I could say that those definitions helped in much of a measurable way, but they don't seem to - the concept is a slippery one, especially considering how we have three different meanings even in the "authoritative definition". What really intrigues me (maybe gets on my nerves is more accurate) is how Tolkien's "eucatastrophe" seems similar, on the face of it, to the third definition in both sources. But the third definition does strike me as the most excusable, no desirable, for fantasy. Ne?
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