J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - Three Faces Of Fairy Stories - 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 the passage where he distinguishes three "faces" of fairy stories, "the Mystical towards the Supernatural; the Magical towards Nature; and the Mirror of scorn and pity towards Man." Tolkien claims that the magical is the essential face, but the other two are often involved as well. We also go into his later distinction between magic and enchantment. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Get a copy of Poems and Stories, which contains this essay, here - https://amzn.to/3XF6nKb