Impression of depth in The Lord of the Rings
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Impression of depth in The Lord of the Rings
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The impression of depth in The Lord of the Rings is an aesthetic effect deliberately sought by its author, J. R. R. Tolkien. It was intended to give the reader the feeling that the work had "deep roots in the past", and hence that it was attractively authentic. The effect was constructed on at least four factors, namely the enormous scale of The Lord of the Rings and the amount of background detail, including maps and genealogies; the apparently casual and incomplete mentions of this background;
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Aesthetic effect of depth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression_of_depth_in_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
date created:
2020-06-07T13:27:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T08:43:04Z
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