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"The Sweet and the Bitter" : Death and Dying in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings /
In 1956, J. R. R. Tolkien famously stated that the real theme of The Lord of the Rings was "Death and Immortality." The deaths that underscore so much of the subject matter of Tolkien's masterpiece have a great deal to teach us. From the heroic to the humble, Tolkien draws on medieval...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Markus Wiener Publishers,
2011.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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