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A World Alive: How Tolkien transformed England-as-Elfland into Middle-earth

January 3, 2022 Sandra Miesel 5

Editor’s note: In recognition of the anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s birth on this day in 1892, we are reposting this review, originally published on Dec. 18, 2020. Middle-earth is almost as vivid a character in […]

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