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What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil

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Smaug the Golden, Sauron the Terrible, the Balrog of Moria... These are some of J. R. R. Tolkien's most remarkable antagonists, and few of us would disagree that, without them, his novels would not be the same. But what is the secret of their success as monstrous antagonists? Discover the answer in this twenty-minute podcast.

Date Published: 03 August 2020
Contributors:
Rafael J. Pascual
In Collection(s): Beowulf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Fantasy Literature: Further Thinking, Tolkien at Oxford
Keywords:
beowulf, The Lord of the Rings
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil by Rafael J. Pascual at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/what-tolkien-learnt-beowulf-representations-evil via http://writersinspire.org/content/what-tolkien-learnt-beowulf-representations-evil. Published on 03 August 2020. Accessed on 09 April 2024.

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