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Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings

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All The Comforts: The Image Of Home In The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings, Wayne G. Hammond Oct 1987

All The Comforts: The Image Of Home In The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings, Wayne G. Hammond

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

Examines the importance of home, especially the Shire, as metaphor in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Relates it to the importance of change vs. permanence as a recurring theme in both works.