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War And Pacifism In The Lord Of The Rings, Nan C. Scott
War And Pacifism In The Lord Of The Rings, Nan C. Scott
Tolkien Journal
Examines polarized reactions to The Lord of the Rings as both a pro-war and pacifistic work. Sees it as much more balanced, showing Tolkien believed war to sometimes be necessary but peace to be preferable, and mercy to be important above all.
Hobbits: Common Lens For Heroic Experience, David M. Miller
Hobbits: Common Lens For Heroic Experience, David M. Miller
Tolkien Journal
Theorizes that works of fantasy need some sort of bridge linking them to the primary world in order to have literary depth. After discussing bridging devices in several other fantasies, notably Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros, the author locates Tolkien’s bridging device in the initial utter ordinariness and realistic character growth of the hobbits, with whom the reader is led to identify from the start and therefore throughout their later encounters with the high and heroic of Middle -earth.
Tolkien And Coleridge, Clyde S. Kilby
Tolkien And Coleridge, Clyde S. Kilby
Tolkien Journal
Finds similarities in both authors’ love of philology, ability to tell a spell-binding story, and the long torment of the Mariner and Frodo, as well as an essentially Catholic orientation and a regard for the numinous nature of life. (The author does not posit any influence on Tolkien by Coleridge but simply notes similarities.)