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Wurde zu Tolkien noch nicht genug gesagt?
Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung2023 is the year that marked the fiftieth anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien’s death. The commemoration of an author whose influence has dominated an entire genre in an unprecedented way, and thus generated an equally unprecedented amount of studies and ...
Frank Weinreich
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Problems of definition and classification of fantasy: Western European and Slavonic perspectives
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018 The article deals with the problem of definition and classification of literary works marked as fantasy. Being quite a modern genre, fantasy, on the one hand, has become quite a popular literature among groups of people of different ages and occupations ...
Ryzhchenko Olga
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Orbis Litterarum, Volume 81, Issue 3, Page 271-280, June 2026.Abstract To expose the pollution of marshes and swamps, whether by hydrocarbons or other contaminants, the French or Francophone author of the twentieth century must first confront a literary tradition that equates stagnant water with a volatile poison and, more broadly, wetlands with toxic environments. In his article “Wetland Gloom and Wetland Glory,”
François Sagot
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Rocznik SkrzatuskiThe article is devoted to the question of whether it is possible to find Christological motifs in Tolkien’s Legendarium without an overinterpretation. On the basis of the written statements of J.R.R.
Jakub Sitarz
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Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract This paper offers a comparative analysis of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) role or equivalent, across Sweden, England, Ireland and Austria. Framed by Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, the study investigates how inclusive education is characterised in policy and practice, and how the SENCo role is defined, enacted ...
Jonas Udd +3 more
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Recovery, escape and consolation in the secondary worlds of The Lord of the Rings [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100).J.R.R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy-Stories" lays out three essential functions that all good fairy stories should fulfil: recovery, escape, and consolation.
Hazekamp, Robyn
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[Review of] Hither Shore: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Tolkien Gesellschaft. Special issue: Nature and Landscape in Tolkien. Ed. Thomas Fornet-Ponse et al. v. 11 (2014) ; Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review. Ed. Marjorie Lamp Mead. v. 31 (2014) ; Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, and David Bratman. v. XII (2015) [PDF]
, 2016 Reviews of a special issue of Hither Shore: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Tolkien Gesellschaft, a volume of Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, and a volume of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly ...
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Vegetal Modes of Resistance: Arboreal Eco-Rebellion in The Lord of the Rings
HumanitiesThis article posits that a fictional eco-rebel might be not just a human (child or young adult), but also a plant, revolting against the destruction of its dwelling place. The argument is furthered by way of a literary analysis of arboreal agency in J. R.
Lykke Guanio-Uluru
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One Single Session to Sleep Them All? The Potential of Single‐Session Interventions for Insomnia
Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 35, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Poor sleep and insomnia are pervasive public health concerns, with insomnia ranking as the second most prevalent mental health disorder in the general population. Moreover, insomnia is a significant predictor of subsequent depression and is frequently co‐occurring with other psychological difficulties.
Matteo Carpi +2 more
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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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