And Tolkien would weep a silent tear to see his work called "allegorical."<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com">danldo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jeff Wilson <<a href="mailto:jwilson@io.com">jwilson@io.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> It's my understanding that was how it started with he drawing distant time<br>
> and CS Lewis drawing distant space, but as it took on a life of its own it<br>> became increasingly allegorical and less literally our world. Though with<br>> events like the Bending of the Roads, pretty much any discrepancies can be<br>
> explained away.<br><br></div>No; Middle-earth (or, more properly, Arda) goes back to long before<br>his famous "bargain" with Lewis. He began writing what would become<br>_The Silmarillion_ during WWI.<br><br>
The product of the "bargain" was never completed.<br><br><br>--<br><font color="#888888">Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<br></font>
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