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The Literary Banquet And The Eucharistic Feast: Tradition In Tolkien, James Lynch

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

Examines the importance of shared meals in Tolkien’s works and relates them to feast days and the Eucharist in Christianity. Identifies “a series of important parties, feasts, and banquets [...] which in differing degrees suggest the ambiance of the Last Supper or the more general Eucharist feast.”