Tolkien, Self and Other

1. Introduction: “This Queer Creature”
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2. Forlorn and Abject: Tolkien and His Earliest Writing (1914–1924)
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3. Bilbo as Sigurd in the Fairy-Story Hobbit (1920–1927)
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4. Tolkien’s Fairy-Story Beowulfs (1926–1940s)
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5. “Queer Endings” After Beowulf: The Fall of Arthur (1931–1934)
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6.
Apartheid in Tolkien: Chaucer and The Lord of the Rings, Books 1–3 (1925–1943)
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7. “Usually Slighted”: Gudrún, Other Medieval Women, and The Lord of the Rings, Book 3 (1925–1943)
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8. The Failure of Masculinity: The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (1920), Sir Gawain (1925), and The Lord of the Rings, Books 3–6 (1943–1948)
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9. Conclusion: The Ennoblement of the Humble: The History of Middle-earth
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Avainsanat: Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, British and Irish Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Literary History