Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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Showing posts with label Faerie. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Faerie. Show all posts

19 December 2016

The Price of Ilúvatar's Gift?

… fairy-stories are not in normal English usage stories about fairies or elves, but stories about Fairy, that is Faërie , the realm o...

28 October 2016

'For some the only glimpse. For some the awaking.'

Titania, Queen of the Fairies -- C. Wilhelm 'It's a trap!' said Sam, and he laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword; a...

25 August 2016

The Last Temptation of Galadriel -- Catechism, Gospel, and Fairy-story in 'The Mirror of Galadriel'

In discussing Death as the Gift of Ilúvatar to Men, Tolkien once wrote that a "divine 'punishment' is also a divine ...

19 January 2015

Bilbo's Pity and Horror: Aristotle, Tolkien, and not Tragedy

Bilbo almost stopped breathing, and went stiff himself. He was desperate. He must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had an...

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