Power to the People

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

...my interest lies in the attitude towards power and authority which the texts portray, rather than the author's personal beliefs, which are more speculative fodder for discussion.

Thanks much for the clarification. I guess I needed it.

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

I wonder if the difference perceived between the texts of Tolkien and Lewis might pertain to the different stances which the texts display towards allegory and not just audience, as tgwbs suggests.

That's what I was getting at with this in answer to

Originally Posted by you

Tolkien, with his profound Catholic faith, producing a world full of change and even insisting upon the recognition of that change. Flux rather than finality. How does he do that?

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Originally Posted by me

By mirroring reality well, as opposed to writing more of a fairy tale (LWW)? I'm brought back to the 'truism' that Tolkien is writing about death whereas Lewis is writing about a chosen nation, as it were.

I suppose I meant "allegory" instead of 'fairy tale'.