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Approaches to Teaching Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Other Works
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Leslie A. Donovan
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-01 - Publisher: Modern Language Association

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A philologist and medieval scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien never intended to write immensely popular literature that would challenge traditional ideas about the natur
The Literary Role of History in the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien
Language: en
Pages: 201
Authors: Nicholas Birns
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-22 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This volume analyzes the literary role played by history in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. It argues that the events of The Lord of the Rings are placed against
Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Tolkien’s Legendarium
Language: en
Pages: 205
Authors: Mark Doyle
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-08 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Utopia and Dystopia in Tolkien’s Legendarium explores how Tolkien’s works speak to many modern people’s utopian desires despite the overwhelming dominance
A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
Language: en
Pages: 596
Authors: Stuart D. Lee
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-01 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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The new edition of the definitive academic companion to Tolkien’s life and literature A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien provides readers with an in-depth examin
Tolkien, Self and Other
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Jane Chance
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-21 - Publisher: Springer

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This book examines key points of J. R. R. Tolkien’s life and writing career in relation to his views on humanism and feminism, particularly his sympathy for a