The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien ( 1937 ) is seminal, predating the lecture On Fairy-Stories by the same author by a few years.

This is notable because the book, consisting of a seminal essay called " On Fairy-Stories " and " Leaf by Niggle ," offers the underlying philosophy ( Creation and Sub-Creation, see below ) of much of Tolkien's fantastical writings.

" On Fairy-Stories " is an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy-story as a literary form.

The essay " On Fairy-Stories " is an attempt to explain and defend the genre of fairy tales or Märchen.

: Challenges in Translating the Religious Significance of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to Film, Jeffrey Mallinson, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Volume I, Spring 2002-refers to < nowiki >'</ nowiki > On Fairy-Stories < nowiki >'</ nowiki > in relation to filming < nowiki >'</ nowiki > The Lord of the Rings < nowiki >'</ nowiki >

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J. R. R. Tolkien challenges this concept in his essay " On Fairy-Stories ", choosing instead the paradigm of secondary belief based on inner consistency of reality.

In his essay " On Fairy-Stories ", J. R. R. Tolkien agreed with the exclusion of " fairies " from the definition, defining fairy tales as stories about the adventures of men in Faërie, the land of fairies, fairytale princes and princesses, dwarves, elves, and not only other magical species but many other marvels.

Indeed, Tolkien's " On Fairy-Stories " includes discussions of world-building and is considered a vital part of fantasy criticism.

* a revised version of an essay called " On Fairy-Stories " ( originally published in 1947 in Essays Presented to Charles Williams )

* " On Fairy-Stories ," the 1939 Andrew Lang lecture at St Andew's University, is a defence of the fantasy genre.

Berg was also a knowledgeable and highly regarded founding member of the Norwegian Tolkien society, Arthedain, and he translated Tolkien's books Tree and Leaf ( containing the stories Leaf by Niggle and On Fairy-Stories ) and Smith of Wootton Major into Norwegian ; both were published in 1995.

Tolkien, in his essay " On Fairy-Stories " complained of such devices as unwillingness to treat the genre seriously.

For instance, J. R. R. Tolkien, responding to the Anglo-Saxon academic debate on escapism in the 1930s, wrote in his essay " On Fairy-Stories " that escapism had an element of emancipation in its attempt to figure a different reality.

Those who defend works described as escapist from the charge either assert that they are not escapist — such as, a science fiction novel's satiric aspects address real life — or defend the notion of " escape " as such, not " escapism "— as in J. R. R. Tolkien's " On Fairy-Stories " and C. S. Lewis's quotation, in his " On Science fiction " of Tolkien's question of who would be most hostile to the idea of escape, and his answer: jailers.

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In his definition as outlined in his 1947 essay On Fairy-Stories, eucatastrophe is a fundamental part of his conception of mythopoeia.

*" Leaf by Niggle ", a highly allegorical short story often ( including here ) published in tandem with the essay " On Fairy-Stories " as Tree and Leaf.

The contrasts, the evocative storyline and the themes of yearning for comfort, of brotherly affection, loyalty and struggle for freedom went over well with a wide readership that was often familiar with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and with folktales, and in many ways Lindgren's novel is an example of what Tolkien described as inspiration drawn from " the deeper folktale " ( in On Fairy-Stories ) and the cathartic, poignant power of such stories.

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