It's not like the seminal work of high fantasy that inspired an entire genre is actually a direct response to the author's personal trauma suffered by war or anything. It's surely not a (wee bit racist) allegory for the dangers of industrialization, industrial war, and a paean for an idyllic simpler pastoral/peasant life that never existed.
It's not like the seminal work of high fantasy that inspired an entire genre is actually a direct response to the author's personal trauma suffered by war or anything. It's surely not a (wee bit racist) allegory for the dangers of industrialization, industrial war, and a paean for an idyllic simpler pastoral/peasant life that never existed.