Tolkien and the medieval
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Tolkien and the medieval
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J. R. R. Tolkien was attracted to medieval literature, and made use of it in his writings, both in his poetry, which contained numerous pastiches of medieval verse, and in his Middle-earth novels where he embodied a wide range of medieval concepts. Tolkien's prose adopts medieval ideas for much of its structure and content. The Lord of the Rings is interlaced in medieval style. The Silmarillion has a medieval cosmology. The Lord of the Rings makes use of many borrowings from Beowulf, especially
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J. R. R. Tolkien's use of medieval literature
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_and_the_medieval
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2021-09-25T09:54:41Z
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2024-09-15T15:45:27Z
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