There and Back Again: Tolkien's Epic Writing and Revising Process Informs Composition Theory

In an attempt to better understand writing as process, this thesis blends textual genetics with observations from the holograph manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first chapter of The Lord of the Rings. Tracking his revisions demonstrates complex revision techniques that can inform composition theory—e...

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Main Author: Beeler, Christmas
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/463
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1462&context=etd