Ursula Le Guin said that Tolkien's story was "told in the language of fantasy... not [by] an accident, or because Tolkien is an escapist, or because he was writing for children. It is a fantasy because fantasy is the natural, the appropriate language for recounting the spiritual journey and the struggle of good and evil in the soul."
Ursula Le Guin said that Tolkien's story was "told in the language of fantasy... not [by] an accident, or because Tolkien is an escapist, or because he was writing for children. It is a fantasy because fantasy is the natural, the appropriate language for recounting the spiritual journey and the struggle of good and evil in the soul."
ReplyDeleteAn excellent refinement of the concept.
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