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The Good Guys & The Bad Guys, Gracia Fay Ellwood
The Good Guys & The Bad Guys, Gracia Fay Ellwood
Tolkien Journal
Considers the popularity of The Lord of the Rings, with its unfashionably clear division of good and evil, as in part due to its appeal to the deep human need for stories embodying archetypes. Applies Jungian analysis and the theories of Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade to the story.