Tolkien’s Forgotten Masterpiece: The Silmarillion
"For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism."
The way in which John Ronald Reuel Tolkien conceives the relationship between his literary creations and his own Christian (i.e., Catholic) faith has given rise to extensive analyses and never-ending discussions. As one might say, we are dealing with a subject that provokes strong passions and reactions. Within the entire corpus of his letters, the most significant fragment regarding such a…