lotr: dwarves = jews, elves = christians, gondor = rome, hobbits = good ol' english folk, orcs = anyone who isn't white
@endlesstunnels if he'd been doing intentional allegory, he might've noticed all the racism sooner. (he did, much too late.) @ladygolem
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@chaosprime@ladygolem his intention was to explore linguistics/explore the narrative style of historic texts, not build metaphor -
@endlesstunnels oh, well, obviously authorial intent is a surefire prophylaxis against accidentally creating any metaphors.@ladygolem -
@chaosprime it is if we're explicitly talking about the author's intentions@ladygolem -
@endlesstunnels you're literally the only one doing that. the rest of us are talking about his text.@ladygolem -
@endlesstunnels (detagging @ladygolem) this asserts that he *did* write a book encoding that allegory, not that he *intended* to. text. -
@chaosprime it asserts he was a patronizing ally (when that was the only kind of ally the persecuted european jews could hope for). author. -
@endlesstunnels right. so yes, that other thread, separate from this thread about the semantics of LotR, discusses the author. - 7 more replies
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