“ THE LORD OF THE RINGS IS OF COURSE A FUNDAMENTALLY RELIGIOUS AND CATHOLIC WORK; UNCONSCIOUSLY SO AT FIRST, BUT CONSCIOUSLY IN THE REVISION.
— J. R. R. TOLKIEN TO ROBERT MURRAY, S.J. [1]”
That's more of a refutation of people claiming his work is pagan, which if Varg is any indication, doesn't seem to have dissuaded any LARPers. That is not claiming his work is allegorical.
Any devout Catholic writing a work will produce a work that is fundamentally Catholic. Same with any other faith. A man's worldviews are deeply ingrained in him and will be reflected his work
Even if you try not to it ends up that way. I wrote two characters for a book without much thought. One ended up being an anti state, freedom lover, the other ended up being a hardcore Christian. Both characters ended up representing two of my value systems, without any conscious attempt to, it all just came out that way. They even debate each other, and it was like me debating with myself and my own ideological conflicts.
Tolkien would be furious. LOTR is an allegorical tale about and against the semitic invasion of Northern Europe.
Tolkien would cane you for insinuating his story was any kind of allegory
“ THE LORD OF THE RINGS IS OF COURSE A FUNDAMENTALLY RELIGIOUS AND CATHOLIC WORK; UNCONSCIOUSLY SO AT FIRST, BUT CONSCIOUSLY IN THE REVISION. — J. R. R. TOLKIEN TO ROBERT MURRAY, S.J. [1]”
That's more of a refutation of people claiming his work is pagan, which if Varg is any indication, doesn't seem to have dissuaded any LARPers. That is not claiming his work is allegorical.
Any devout Catholic writing a work will produce a work that is fundamentally Catholic. Same with any other faith. A man's worldviews are deeply ingrained in him and will be reflected his work
Even if you try not to it ends up that way. I wrote two characters for a book without much thought. One ended up being an anti state, freedom lover, the other ended up being a hardcore Christian. Both characters ended up representing two of my value systems, without any conscious attempt to, it all just came out that way. They even debate each other, and it was like me debating with myself and my own ideological conflicts.