![]() ![]() Tolkien does not define Faërie explicitly, claiming it's impossible to do so, but it is perhaps more clearly known as "the Perilous Realm," a place that holds fairies along with the sky, the seas, and everything else in its imaginative grasp. What, then, is a fairy-story?Ī fairy-story is a narrative that takes place in, and transports the reader to, Faërie. He finds distasteful the condescending moralizing of many so-called "fairy-tales," and he puts forward the legend of Arthur as a better fairy-story than Drayton's Nymphidia, which contains actual fairies. ![]() Tolkien begins his essay with an exploration of what constitutes a "fairy-story." He disagrees with the traditional definitions, as found in the dictionary, as being either too narrow or too broad it does not have to contain actual fairies, and yet it is something more specific than simply an untrue or unrealistic story. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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