Sadler's Lectures
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Escapes And Desires - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories
It focuses specifically on his discussion of the motivations we can have for engaging in escape from the present by reading fairy stories. Some of these motivations might be framed negatively, but others are better understood in terms of basic and even primordial desires of human beings.
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- Broadcast on:
- 19 Jul 2023