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THE AUTHOR OF THE EPIC: TOLKIEN, EVOLUTION, AND GOD'S STORY

open access: yesZygon, 2021
I argue that, because God is the author of history and has a purpose for his creation, evolution has a plot and can be analyzed with tools drawn from literary criticism.
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A Comparative Study of the Concept of Pir in Two Adolescent Novels, Ashvazdangahe and The Lord of the Rings [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات بین‌رشته‌ای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانی, 2023
Mysticism, as a universal concept, has different definitions and manifestations in the east and the west. But they all consider the presence of a pious and exemplary Pir necessary to guide the person in a spiritual journey. The present paper examines the
Roghayeh Bahadori   +2 more
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Memories of (Ancient Roman) War in Tolkien’s Dead Marshes

open access: yesthersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2017
The dark, malodorous wetland called the Dead Marshes ranks among the most memorable and enigmatic landscapes in fantasy literature. While one influential line of scholarship connects the passage to Tolkien’s experiences in the Great War, this article ...
Marian W. Makins
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Heme: The Lord of the Iron Ring

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2023
Heme is an iron-protoporphyrin complex with an essential physiologic function for all cells, especially for those in which heme is a key prosthetic group of proteins such as hemoglobin, myoglobin, and cytochromes of the mitochondria. However, it is also known that heme can participate in pro-oxidant and pro-inflammatory responses, leading to ...
Vanessa Azevedo Voltarelli   +4 more
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Tolkien's Cauldron: Northern Literature and The Lord of the Rings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Tolkien's Cauldron studies the sources of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was a scholar of Old Norse literature and much of his work in the Lord of the Rings is informed by his knowledge of old Norse mythology, Eddic poetry, and saga ...
Gloriana St. Clair (5361644)
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J. R. R. Tolkien – A Literary Philosopher [PDF]

open access: yesCultural Intertexts, 2015
In several of his writings, J. R. R. Tolkien has openly talked about the sorrow he felt due to the fact that his homeland had no mythology of its own.
Maria Filomena LOURO, Tânia AZEVEDO
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The motion of point vortices on closed surfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
We develop a mathematical framework for the dynamics of a set of point vortices on a class of differentiable surfaces conformal to the unit sphere. When the sum of the vortex circulations is non-zero, a compensating uniform vorticity field is required to
Dritschel, David Gerard, Boatto, S
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Interview with Chris Bouchard [interview]

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2009
Interview with Chris Bouchard, conducted by Emma Dollard.
E. L. Dollard
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Epic and Romance in The Lord Of The Rings

open access: yesEl Futuro del Pasado, 2016
En el campo de la literatura comparada, El señor de los anillos ha sido analizada sobre todo en el contexto del romance y la épica. Sin embargo, este acercamiento deja de lado importantes aspectos genéricos, como la presencia del género de la novela y ...
Martin Simonson
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The Hunt for Gollum: Tracking issues of fandom cultures [symposium]

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2009
The fan-produced film The Hunt for Gollum (Independent Online Cinema, 2009) was released May 3, 2009, for free viewing on the Internet, garnering much interest from The Lord of the Rings fan communities and fan reviewers.
Robin Anne Reid
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