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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1988

Epic tragedy in The Silmarillion

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The Silmarillion As Aristotelian Epic-Tragedy, David Greenman Mar 1988

The Silmarillion As Aristotelian Epic-Tragedy, David Greenman

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

Illustrates how the First Age narratives in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales implement key ideas from Aristotle’s Poetics. Identifies the history of the first age as Aristotelian epic-tragedy.

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