J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes About Manifestation

Quotes about: Manifestation

• I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Manifestation, Allegory, Like And Dislike

  1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, foreword.

• I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Book, Beer, Done

  1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, foreword.

• I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Thinking, Done, Enough

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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