[ SECRET POST #3315 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3315 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

From what I've heard, Tolkien wasn't a fan of allegory in general, but that's never stopped people from interpreting his works as allegories for whatever. Death of the author, y'know.

[(Anonymous)]

those interpretations are wrong, both because Tolkien disclaimed them and because they are insupportable with reference to the texts

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AYRT

"because Tolkien disclaimed them"

Hence death of the author.

"because they are insupportable with reference to the texts"

That depends on exactly which interpretations you're referring to. If it's the popular idea of LotR as an allegory for WWII, then yeah, that's a crock of shit (and not just because LotR predates WWII).

[(Anonymous)]

I am fairly confident that no allegorical interpretation of LotR is coherent, assuming that we're using 'allegorical' in something like the sense that Tolkien himself used it in