The story
Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his 1947 essay "On Fairy-Stories".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The real world of the reader or viewer, as opposed to the imaginary "secondary world" of a work of fiction. Full definition →
Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his 1947 essay "On Fairy-Stories".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.