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| Nick: |
Curious (Registered User) |
| Date/Time: |
Mon, 11/22/2004 at 18:20 EDT (Mon, 11/22/2004 at 16:20 CST) |
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yes, I think so <Modtheow> [11/22/2004 @ 15:33] (2/2)
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| Subject: |
C.S. Lewis |
Message: |
was a Fellow in English Language and Literature at Oxford but in 1955 became
the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge.
I point this out because his interests seem to have overlapped with Tolkien's,
and because you said a couple of posts up that "I think that the only people
who are closest to being philologists left in English departments today are
those who study medieval languages and
literatures."
“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.) Tips for posting in the Reading Room.
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