>>213446397"Other arrangements could be devised according to the tastes or views of those who like allegory or topical reference. But I cordially
dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse ‘applicability’ with ‘allegory’; but the one resides in the freedom of the rreader,
and the other in the purposed domination of the author. "J.R.R. Tolkien,