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wolverine876
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W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the...
It was based on the Bible and the Resurrection. Tolkien was an observant Catholic and openly talked about the religious elements in LOTR. For example, the description of Gandalf's white rainments are similar to Jesus's in the Gospels.
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