Tolkien & Lewis - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

05-06-2002, 08:36 AM

Tolkein just didn't like the allegory involved in Lewis' works. I don't think that because they were written for children had anything to do with it. The Hobbit was also written for children and the first few chapters of FotR is also considerably less sophisticated.

05-06-2002, 08:36 AM	#22
Huor Guest Posts: n/a	Tolkein just didn't like the allegory involved in Lewis' works. I don't think that because they were written for children had anything to do with it. The Hobbit was also written for children and the first few chapters of FotR is also considerably less sophisticated.