Sorry...Have to ask about historical analogy... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Michael Wilhelmson · 09-04-2006, 10:14 AM

I know Tolkien hated the perception of historical analogy in LOTR, correcting anyone who tried to make connections between the history of Middle-Earth and of this Earth...but I have to ask if anyone else sees some racial, cultural, and historical parallels between the fictional world and this one?

I have my own theories, but I'd like to see some others first. Just ignore Tolkien's advice, and go crazy.

09-04-2006, 10:14 AM	#1
Michael Wilhelmson Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL Posts: 16	Sorry...Have to ask about historical analogy... I know Tolkien hated the perception of historical analogy in LOTR, correcting anyone who tried to make connections between the history of Middle-Earth and of this Earth...but I have to ask if anyone else sees some racial, cultural, and historical parallels between the fictional world and this one? I have my own theories, but I'd like to see some others first. Just ignore Tolkien's advice, and go crazy. __________________ Horseman of the plains