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Originally Posted by maximus83
Yep that's a valid point about Tolkien's anti-allegory stance. ...
In that same area of the forward, he strongly reacts to a popular view in his day, that some thought his work was some kind of allegory about the war and the fight against Nazi Germany.
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When what it actually was was an Anglo-Saxon retelling of the Kalevala, complete with its most "noble", "perfect" language being inspired by and modelled on the language of the Kalevala
