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A world-renowned Tolkien scholar presents readers with a fascinating companion to the major works of J.R.R. Tolkien, offering a critical analysis of The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map--a reaction to the origin and nature of evil.
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Tom Shippey is Professor Emeritus of English at Saint Louis University. Publishes as and Tom Shippey.
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