A Freudian/Post-Freudian Reading of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit: The Bilbo-Gollum Encounter

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  • Rachael Cameron

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1997vol7no3art1384

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subjectivity, identity, psychology, theology, Jewish people, folklife, symbolism, values, Sigmund Freud, J.R.R. Tolkien

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1997-12-01

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“A Freudian/Post-Freudian Reading of J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Hobbit: The Bilbo-Gollum Encounter” (1997) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 7(3), pp. 33–42. doi:10.21153/pecl1997vol7no3art1384.

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