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

1992

Homer. The Odyssey—Influence on J.R.R. Tolkien

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Aeneidic And Odyssean Patterns Of Escape And Return In Tolkien's The Fall Of Gondolin And The Return Of The King, David Greenman Apr 1992

Aeneidic And Odyssean Patterns Of Escape And Return In Tolkien's The Fall Of Gondolin And The Return Of The King, David Greenman

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

Sees classical influence in the quest patterns of Tolkien’s heroes. Tuor fits the pattern of Aeneas (the Escape Quest) and the hobbits in Return of the King follow that of Odysseus (the Return Quest).

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