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J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children”
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Tolkien argues fairy stories are adult art: fantasy depends on rational craft, language, and secondary belief.
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