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(0)Christopher A Snyder
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A response to our fractured political discourse, Hobbit Virtues speaks to the importance of "virtue ethics" by examining the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien-with particular attention to his hobbits.
Tolkien's works resonate with so many readers in part because Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin demonstrate Classical, Judeo-Christian, Medieval, and even Hindu and Confucian virtues. Tolkien ennobles the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his...
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Examines the real-world influences that shaped J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels The hobbit and The lord of the rings.
Tolkien expert Christopher Snyder presents the most in-depth exploration yet of Tolkien's source materials for Middle-earth --from the languages, poetry, and mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece to the halls of Oxford and the battlefields of World War I.
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English
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The poet T.S. Eliot. The polo star Tommy Hitchcock. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. This diverse group of Americans came to Oxford in the first quarter of the twentieth century--the Jazz Age--when the Rhodes Scholar program had just begun and the Great War had enveloped much of Europe. Scott Fitzgerald created his most memorable character--Jay Gatsby, the Oxford man in the pink suit--shortly after his and Zelda's visit to Oxford. Fitzgerald's creation...
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NASA technical memorandum volume 218100
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
December 2013.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 218101
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
December 2013.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 20210021504
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
September 2021.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 216089
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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This volume is perhaps the most in-depth exploration ever undertaken of Tolkien's world. Accessible but authoritative, and fully illustrated, it is now being reissued with a stunning new cover treatment and updated commentary on new books, films, games, and shows. This book, originally published in 2013 and richly illustrated with photographs and artwork , was the first to connect all the threads of influence on Tolkien that infused his creation of...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A response to our fractured political discourse, Hobbit Virtues speaks to the importance of "virtue ethics" by examining the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien--with particular attention to his hobbits. Tolkien's works resonate with so many readers in part because Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin demonstrate Classical, Judeo-Christian, Medieval, and even Hindu and Confucian virtues. Tolkien ennobles the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his Middle-earth...
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NASA technical memorandum volume 216908
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 2002-211978
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
October 2002.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 87312
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pub. Date
May 1986.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 211978
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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