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Estel the Descender · 04-15-2002, 07:20 AM

Tolkien wrote something about morality in 'fairy tales' in his now famous essay On Fairy Stories, 'The stories of Beatrix Potter lie near the borders of Faerie, but outside it, I [Tolkien] think, for the most part. Their nearness is due largely to their strong moral element: by which I mean their inherent morality, not any allegorical significatio'. So, according to Tolkien himself, it is possible to have a certain morality in a story without moralising (which is the purpose of allegory anyway). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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Estel the Descender Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 55	Tolkien wrote something about morality in 'fairy tales' in his now famous essay On Fairy Stories, 'The stories of Beatrix Potter lie near the borders of Faerie, but outside it, I [Tolkien] think, for the most part. Their nearness is due largely to their strong moral element: by which I mean their inherent morality, not any allegorical significatio'. So, according to Tolkien himself, it is possible to have a certain morality in a story without moralising (which is the purpose of allegory anyway). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ April 20, 2002: Message edited by: Estel the Descender ] [ April 23, 2002: Message edited by: Estel the Descender ] __________________ Qui desiderat pacem, præparet bellum. E i anîra hîdh, tangado an auth.