Tolkien and Alterity Austin Channing Brown the eccentric

the eccentric

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Tolkien and Alterity Austin Channing Brown the eccentricBy: Christopher Vaccaro, Yvette Kisor Published by Springer International Publishing, 2018 05 17 This exciting collection of essays explores the role of the Other in Tolkiens fiction, his life, and the pertinent criticism. It critically examines issues of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, language, and identity in The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and lesser known works by Tolkien. The chapters consider characters such as Lobelia Sackville