| Preface and Acknowledgments |
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| Notes on Usage |
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| Introduction |
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3 | (24) |
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``a great instrument in God`s hands`` |
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6 | (6) |
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``something that belongs to the English`` |
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12 | (3) |
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``quickened to full life by war`` |
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15 | (8) |
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``the origin of language and of the mind`` |
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23 | (4) |
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27 | (18) |
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The Personal Model: Tolkien and Lonnrot |
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27 | (5) |
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The Literary Model: Tolkien and Arthur |
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32 | (5) |
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37 | (8) |
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Points of View: Whose Myth Is It? |
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45 | (10) |
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55 | (32) |
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55 | (6) |
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Oral Tradition in Middle-earth |
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61 | (6) |
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``a great big book with red and black letters`` |
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67 | (7) |
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``the remains of a book`` |
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74 | (3) |
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``One must stop somewhere`` |
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77 | (6) |
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83 | (4) |
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Part 2: The Artificer and the Foreconceit |
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87 | (34) |
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87 | (4) |
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``I should try `time-travel``` |
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91 | (7) |
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The Atlantis Story and the Eriol-Saga |
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98 | (5) |
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``where it lieth still to read for such as may`` |
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103 | (8) |
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111 | (10) |
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Part 3: The Beauty Some Call Celtic |
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121 | (16) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (7) |
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137 | (6) |
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``The Lord of the Rings before all else`` |
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137 | (2) |
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``A sad tale`s best for winter`` |
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139 | (4) |
| Afterword |
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143 | (2) |
| Notes |
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145 | (12) |
| Works Consulted |
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157 | (6) |
| Index |
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