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Tolkien and Shakespeare : essays on shared themes and language / edited by Janet Brennan Croft.
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Author
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Date published
2007
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, 2007.
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Themes, motives, etc.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Themes, motives, etc.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Criticism and interpretation.
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Accession number
8343710X
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Class
62/TOL
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ISBN
9780786428274 (pbk.), 0786428279 (pbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
viii, 327 p. ; 23 cm.
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General note: Includes chapters on A midsummer night's dream, Henry V, Hamlet , King Lear, Othello and The lord of the rings. UK-SuSCL Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary, etc: This collection of essays seeks to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes including faerie, power , magic and "the other" and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, "corrected", and otherwise held a dialogue with Shakespeare's works.