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Perilous Wanderings Through The Enchanted Forest: The Influence Of The Fairy-Tale Tradition On Mirkwood In Tolkien's The Hobbit, Marco R.S. Post
Perilous Wanderings Through The Enchanted Forest: The Influence Of The Fairy-Tale Tradition On Mirkwood In Tolkien's The Hobbit, Marco R.S. Post
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Considers the roots of Mirkwood in European fairy tale traditions, using Basile’s Pentamerone as a typical example, and how Tolkien adapted and rejected traditional features of the perilous wood to suit his thematic and stylistic needs as a story-teller.