If you can wade through this two-page article by Joseph Pearce re: J.R.R. Tolkien's estimation of formal/crude allegory vs. allegorical applicability, you will be much closer to understanding the morphing identifications and reminiscent similarities-but-not-in-every-point-or-every-moment with which the LotR trilogy and other Tolkien works are riddled (as well as the allegorical dimensions of Anglo-Saxon pieces like Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight).
Posted by joydriven at September 27, 2004 09:41 AM | TrackBackexcellent article.
Posted by: dramaturge at September 27, 2004 12:30 PM