Volsunga Saga and Narn: Some Analogies
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"Narn", one of the works in the Unfinished TaZ.es, has many parallels with the thirteenthcentury Old Norse Volsunga Saga, which Tolkien read and studied, This paper wiII assess comparisons between the heroes, women, dragons, plots, and tokens for their contribution to understanding Tolkien's relationship to his sources, and wiII note Tolkien's craft in source-assimilation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015