The (oh, lord…) of the Rings
Article from Salon.com’s A&E page about how some people are trying to “read” the trilogy as an allegory for Catholic, evangelical, conservative values. Makes you wish for the good old days when Sauron was just supposed to be Hitler and the One Ring weapons of mass destruction, doesn’t it?
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“Though he detested these interpretations, Tolkien offered a truce by drawing a line between “allegory,” which placed responsibility on the author, and “applicability,” which left readers free to find parallels of their own without pretending to read the author’s mind.”
