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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1984

Gender in J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Feminine Principle In Tolkien, Melanie Rawls Jan 1984

The Feminine Principle In Tolkien, Melanie Rawls

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

Explores the interaction of Masculine and Feminine principles (gender as opposed to sex) in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, showing how the balance of the principles in a character is an important factor in his or her place in the struggle of good and evil, evil resulting in many cases from an imbalance of these principles.

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