Demonizing the Enemy, Literally: Tolkien, Orcs, and the Sense of the World Wars
Humanities, 2019 A seemingly inescapable feature of war is the demonization of the enemy, who becomes somehow less human and more deserving of death in times of military strife, which unsurprisingly helps to justify the violence against them.
Robert T. Tally
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G. B. Smith’s “Elzevir Cicero” and the Construction of Queer Immortality in Tolkien’s Mythopoeia
thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2022 Following the death of J. R. R. Tolkien in 1973, an obituary appeared in The Times quoting Tolkien as having said that his “love for the classics took ten years to recover from lectures on Cicero and Demosthenes.” This contentious relationship between ...
Kathryn H. Stutz
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Translating English Fictional Names
Iperstoria, 2022 This paper highlights the pivotal role played by proper names in fantasy literature and examines the techniques employed by the Italian translators of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the translation of anthroponyms.
Gloria Mambelli
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Positive Microbiology in the Movies. [PDF]
Microb BiotechnolHow ‘Positive Microbiology’ is portrayed in commercial movies and its potential as a tool for education and engaging general audiences to counteract germaphobia. Image done with freepik. ABSTRACT Microbes are essential for sustaining life in our planet.
Sánchez-Angulo M.
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Writing in a Pre-Christian Mode: Boethius, Beowulf, Lord of the Rings, and Till We Have Faces
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2022 In this essay, I compare and contrast how Boethius (in Consolation of Philosophy), the author of Beowulf, J. R. R. Tolkien (in The Lord of the Rings), and C. S.
Markos Louis
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Livre pour enfant, Saga cinématographique et désormais Romance en ligne : la curieuse histoire du Hobbit [PDF]
Acta Iassyensia Comparationis, 2020 En moins d’un siècle d’existence, Le Hobbit a bien changé. D’abord une charmante histoire qu’un père racontait à ses enf a n ts, il est devenu, sous l’impulsion de son auteur, le premier volume décrivant un monde de heroic fantasy, pionner d’un genre ...
DI BENEDETTO MARIE
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Intravenous Versus Oral Iron After Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. [PDF]
JGH OpenABSTRACT Background & Objective Few trials have compared the efficacy of intravenous (IV) iron repletion to oral repletion for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). We aim to guide clinical decision‐making and optimize treatment strategies through the findings from these studies to provide a step closer to a consensus on the most effective ...
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W. Morris’s tradition in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2020 This article offers a comprehensive review of W. Morris influence on the epic fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien. The purpose of the research is to reflect how Morris tradition influenced the development of Tolkiens fantastic prose - which later formed a separate
Zhamal Zh. Maratova, Tatiana V. Nazarova
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s sub-creation theory: literary creativity as participation in the divine creation
Church, Communication and Culture, 2021 J.R.R. Tolkien is recognized as one of the great literary creators of fantastic worlds. The English author added to his literary work a reflection on the role of the fantasy writer in his theory of sub-creation.
María Del Rincón Yohn
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Tolkien i wikingowie. Czyli o związkach J. R. R. Tolkiena z wiktoriańską literaturą na temat Północy
Creatio Fantastica, 2018 There is no doubt that Norman stories and myths were an important inspiration for John R. R. Tolkien who repeatedly stressed their significance for shaping his works and literary imagination. In the article Tolkien and the Vikings. On J. R. R.
Michał Leśniewski
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