J. R. tolkien and fairy tale truth

British Journal of Aesthetics 15 (1):81-92 (1975)
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Fantasy can thus be explained as a sudden glimpse of the underlying reality or truth. It is not only a consolation for the sorrow of this world, but an answer to that question, ‘Is it true?’ J. R. Tolkien

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10.1093/bjaesthetics/15.1.81

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