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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

womanhood, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, female characters

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings continues to rise in stature in the literary world, but it also sustains a significant cultural impact: it was one of the most widely read and influential novels of our time even before the blockbuster films were released. Authors and critics also acknowledge Tolkien’s work as a major influence on the recently expanded fantasy genre, and it is difficult to find a fantasy novel that does not contain significant elements and assumptions initiated by Tolkien. Thus, between these books and his own books, Tolkien has had and will have a great effect on the minds of several generations. Appropriately, critics have been commenting on various aspects of Tolkien’s works for almost eight decades.

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