Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

by Donald E . Palumbo (Editor), C . W . Sullivan (Editor), JanetBrennanCroft (Editor)

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  2006

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  Focus on the broad themes and motifs, which concerned both Tolkien and Shakespeare. This collection of essays seeks to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, corrected, and otherwise held an dialogue with Shakespeare's works.