delivered from many of its human limitations; more effortless, more quick, more
complete (product, and vision in unflawed correspondence). And its object
is Art not Power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of
Creation. ... The Enemy in successive forms is always `naturally'
concerned with sheer Domination, and so the Lord of magic and
machines..."
Letter
#131.
“I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. (And, of course, the more 'life' a story has the more readily will it be susceptible of allegorical interpretations: while the better a deliberate allegory is made the more nearly will it be acceptable just as a story.)” (From Tolkien Letter # 131.)
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