‘We Were Talking of Dragons, Tolkien and I.’ The Symbolism of the Dragon in J. R. R. Tolkien’s and C. S. Lewis’s Fairy Stories
Dragons play a prominent role in the fairy stories of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, and while much has been written on their dragons, the symbolic differences between the dragons of the two Inklings have yet to be accordingly considered. This paper explores the symbolism of dragons in their fairy stories. The first section introduces dragons and fairy stories, including
Authors
- Estera Federciuc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9411-863X)
Institutions
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (RO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Philobiblon Transylvanian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Humanities
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26424/philobib.2024.29.2.09
- Primary Topic
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00