Approaches to Teaching Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Other Works Mathew J. Wedel The Empathic God calls for

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Approaches to Teaching Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Other Works Mathew J. Wedel The Empathic God calls forA philologist and medieval scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien never intended to write immensely popular literature that would challenge traditional ideas about the nature of great literature and that was worthy of study in colleges across the world. He set out only to write a good story, the kind of story he and his friends would enjoy reading. In The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien created an entire world informed by his vast knowledge of