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Posted: Nov 14 2005 at 2:59am | IP Logged Quote Erin

I was told once that LOTR has great anologies/symbolism of the Catholic Church. I'm sure this has probably been discussed at some stage however we are new on the LOTR stage. Dd 10 and I were discussing the deeper symbolism in LOTR. Could anyone steer us towards websites or books that discuss Tolkien's anologies.
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Posted: Nov 21 2005 at 7:46am | IP Logged Quote Karen T

This site is pretty thorough. I have not read it all but the parts I have were very interesting. However, I would caution that in reading a bio of Tolkien, he specifically stated that his writing was not an allegory, in fact he detested allegories. (bio by Joseph Pearce)

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