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1987

Browning, Robert. “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (poem)—Influence on The Lord of the Rings

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Frodo And Childe Roland, Robert Higbie, Joe E. Bryan Jr. Oct 1987

Frodo And Childe Roland, Robert Higbie, Joe E. Bryan Jr.

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

Suggests Browning’s poem as a source for Frodo’s quest in The Lord of the Rings. Sees echoes of the former in both the main plot and many details of The Lord of the Rings.

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