Tolkien, J. R. R. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002

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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

Tolkien, J. R. R.


(TOHL-keen, TOL-keen) A twentieth-century British scholar and writer of widely popular fantasies that chronicle a magnificent battle between the forces of good and evil. Tolkien created his own geography, language, and mythology for The Hobbit and the trilogy The Lord of the Rings.	1

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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