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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1978

Anglo-Saxon literature—Influence on J.R.R. Tolkien

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"The Northern Literature" And The Ring Trilogy, Mariann Russell Oct 1978

"The Northern Literature" And The Ring Trilogy, Mariann Russell

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

Examines “the northern spirit” in Tolkien’s fiction, the tension between the spirit of “uttermost endurance in the service of indomitable will” and the prideful desire for reputation.

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