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Children's and Young Adult Literature

1989

Beowulf—Influence on The Hobbit

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Tolkien's Creative Technique: Beowulf And The Hobbit, Bonniejean Christensen Mar 1989

Tolkien's Creative Technique: Beowulf And The Hobbit, Bonniejean Christensen

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

Asserts that “The Hobbit, differing greatly in tone, is nonetheless a retelling of the incidents that comprise the plot and the digressions in both parts of Beowulf.” However, his retelling is from a Christian point of view.

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