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James Wynn · 16 Dec 2010, 17:50 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:50:23 -0600
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> Lane Haygood-
> But a straight 1-for-1 substitution (a la Lewis) would have been
> distasteful for Tolkien, who loved myths and the changes myths and
> languages go through as cultures meet and intersect, but hated
> allegory.

Although Narnia was more tightly allusive than Middle Earth, Lewis 
emphatically rejected the label "allegory" for it. He compared it to a 
stew with lots of different familiar flavors.

u+16b9

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