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Article: Lee, Stuart D. and Elizabeth Solopova, eds.: The Keys of Middle Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien.(Book review)
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- Studies in the Novel
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- December 22, 2008
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LEE, STUART D. and ELIZABETH SOLOPOVA, eds. The Keys of Middle Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York: Palgrave, 2005. 284+xii pp. $29.95.
Instructors of medieval literature-who have long been aware of connections between a number of Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse literary works and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings--as well as those readers who are familiar with Tolkien's well-loved fictional works but are relatively new to the study of medieval literature, will find this text both useful and entertaining. Lee and Solopova offer an attractive solution to what many have and ...