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[James Wynn]

> 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.

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