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On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
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bookshelves: read-in-2017, 1930s, fairy-tales-and-mythology, nonfiction, philosophy

I read the essay itself, without any annotations or additional content. The language is sometimes dense, convoluted, and poorly-defined (which is by no means an excuse not to work to understand the points he's making), and it seems like his strongest argument in favor of fantasy's legitimacy relies on one's belief in the Christian version of reality? It's very possible that I've misread, though. I hope so; a world populated by Christian figures and with a Christian history is as unreal as a fairy-story for me.
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Reading Progress

June 23, 2017 – Started Reading
June 23, 2017 – Shelved
June 23, 2017 – Shelved as: read-in-2017
June 23, 2017 – Shelved as: philosophy
June 23, 2017 – Shelved as: nonfiction
June 23, 2017 – Shelved as: fairy-tales-and-mythology
June 23, 2017 – Shelved as: 1930s
June 23, 2017 – Finished Reading

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