Article Title
Abstract
Tolkien, as an invalided survivor of The Somme, was well aware of the prevalence of disabled soldiers and the difficult life they faced in post-war England. He reflects many of their difficulties in his depictions of war survivors in The Children of Húrin and in The Lord of the Rings.
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Holtz Wodzak, Victoria
(2018)
"Tolkien's Gimpy Heroes,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 37
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No.
1
, Article 7.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss1/7