Visualizing the Word: Tolkien as Artist and Writer

@article{MacLeod2017VisualizingTW,
  title={Visualizing the Word: Tolkien as Artist and Writer},
  author={Jeffrey J. MacLeod and A. V. Smol},
  journal={Tolkien Studies},
  year={2017},
  volume={14},
  pages={115 - 131}
}
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