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Tolkien as Christian conservative - did the movies leave out the battle for the shire because of it?
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<blockquote data-quote="keith99" data-source="post: 77182614" data-attributes="member: 211648"><p>With the rebirth of this thread I reread the OP and found the premise absurd. I give the following from the Ballantine edition where there is a new forward written by Tolkien. </p><p></p><p>.... it has been supposed by some that 'The Scouring of the Shire' reflects the situation in England at the time I was finishing my tale. It does not. It is an essential part of the plot, foreseen from the outset ... without, need I say, any allegorical significance or contemporary political reference whatsoever. </p><p></p><p>So important, but NOT refereeing to either Socialism or Fascism!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keith99, post: 77182614, member: 211648"] With the rebirth of this thread I reread the OP and found the premise absurd. I give the following from the Ballantine edition where there is a new forward written by Tolkien. .... it has been supposed by some that 'The Scouring of the Shire' reflects the situation in England at the time I was finishing my tale. It does not. It is an essential part of the plot, foreseen from the outset ... without, need I say, any allegorical significance or contemporary political reference whatsoever. So important, but NOT refereeing to either Socialism or Fascism! [/QUOTE]
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