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Tolkien, Eucatastrophe, and the Re-Creation of Medieval Legend [PDF]
, 2017 Using comparative literary analysis, this essay examines three case studies from J.R.R. Tolkien’s oeuvre, in which Tolkien practiced eucatastrophic rewriting: his folk-tale, “Sellic Spell,” in which he re-creates the Old English poem Beowulf; his poem ...
Beal, Jane, PhD
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The problem of free will is child's play
Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 147-154, April 2026.Abstract I argue that the essence of ‘free will’ is control, the ability to do otherwise and that this ability is an acquired skill: We can and do see people acquire it, as for example small children learn to play and to do all the other things that human agents characteristically do.
Sophie‐Grace Chappell
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Intertextuality as a source of discourse emotionalization and language innovations
Актуальні проблеми української лінгвістики: теорія і практика, 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/APULTP.2022.44.68-85 The article is focused on the pragmatic potential of intertextuality in news headlines on the Russian-Ukrainian war in Ukrainian religious media, based on the materials of the websites "Religious ...
Oleksandr Levko, Nataliia Kramar
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Building Middle-earth: an Exploration into the uses of Architecture in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien [PDF]
, 2017 Many aspects of Tolkien\u27s Middle-earth have been the attention of scholarly interest since the boom of \u27Tolkien studies\u27 but an area that seems to be lacking in criticism, but is certainly full of detail and character in Tolkien\u27s books, is ...
Brooke, Johanna H
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Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 159-170, March 2026.ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
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Tolkien Among the Moderns (2015), ed. by Ralph C. Wood [PDF]
, 2018 Book review by Robin Anne Reid of Tolkien Among the Moderns (2015) ed.
Reid, Robin A., Dr.
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New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper offers a description of the microbial world‐making of scientific practices and technologies in manifesting the multiple ontologies of Mycoplasma bovis bacteria during the biosecurity response and eradication programme in Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa).
Deidre Ann McDonald, Matthew Henry
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Romanticist and Poet (2017) by Julian Eilmann [PDF]
, 2018 Book review , by John R. Holmes, of J.R.R.
Holmes, John R
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Prophetic Promise: The Lineal Return of ‘lopp’d branches’ in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 55-75, February 2026.Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative force of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare’s ...
Rana Banna
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The Return of the Ring (2016), edited by Lynn Forest-Hill [PDF]
, 2018 Book review, by Dennis Wilson Wise, of The Return of the Ring (2 vols, 2016), ed.
Wise, Dennis Wilson
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