Francis Stevens Archives | Operation: Brain Leak https://www.operationbrainleak.com/tag/francis-stevens/ Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:24:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 211746410 Book Review: Tales Before Tolkien https://www.operationbrainleak.com/book-review-tales-before-tolkien/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:00:21 +0000 http://www.operationbrainleak.com/?p=280 Tales Before Tolkien Edited by Douglas A. Anderson Tales Before Tolkien is a collection of literary fairy tales, or fairy tales written to imitate genuine folklore, all of which were written before J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published in 1937. While there is no evidence that Tolkien was familiar with all of these stories, he …

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