Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Hobbit ontogeny recapitulates LOTR phylogeny

An interesting-- if typo- and errata-ridden-- review of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" argues that The Lord of the Rings is essentially The Hobbit writ large: many of the elements from the earlier children's tale are repeated and magnified in the later, mature saga.


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