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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

2002

Pastoral in literature

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The Great War And Tolkien's Memory: An Examination Of World War I Themes In The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings, Janet Brennan Croft Oct 2002

The Great War And Tolkien's Memory: An Examination Of World War I Themes In The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings, Janet Brennan Croft

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

Examines Tolkien’s experiences during World War I and typical WWI themes in his writings: the pastoral moment, ritual and romance, and the sense of national literature. Looks at how Tolkien mythologized his war experiences in his fiction.