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This volume of essays explores various ways in which Tolkien\'s literary creations were shaped by Classical epic, myth, poetry, history, philosophy, drama, and language.
Tolkien\'s seminal fantasy creations, the role of the Classical World - the literature and thought of ancient Greece and Rome - has received far less attention.
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