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Children's and Young Adult Literature

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

2019

Doubles in literature

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Doubles At Work: The Three Rovers In J.R.R. Tolkien's Roverandom., Jennifer Marchant Oct 2019

Doubles At Work: The Three Rovers In J.R.R. Tolkien's Roverandom., Jennifer Marchant

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

In this essay, I explore the protagonist’s two doubles in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Roverandom, concluding that they serve as companions, representations of alternative selves or lives, and catalysts to his spiritual development.

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