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2015

J.R.R.—Depiction of war

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Noms De Guerre: The Power Of Naming In War And Conflict In Middle-Earth, Janet Brennan Croft Oct 2015

Noms De Guerre: The Power Of Naming In War And Conflict In Middle-Earth, Janet Brennan Croft

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

Considers named weapons, noms de plume and other personal name changes, place name changes. Un-naming is seen as both a political strategy and a key tactic of in Sauron’s arsenal.

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