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> Mordor makes one think of trenches and devilish factories. Tolkien hates you now! But seriously, he was open about how WWI influenced his writing. I think h
by goto11 6y ago
> Mordor makes one think of trenches and devilish factories.
Tolkien hates you now!
But seriously, he was open about how WWI influenced his writing. I think his rant against allegories is more about direct allegorical reading like "Mordor is supposed to symbolize WWI trenches etc."
- eredengrin 6y agoI totally agree here. I think there's a difference between recognizing where Tolkien's inspiration came from vs saying that an element which took inspiration from elsewhere was necessarily meant to specifically represent that thing in his work.