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Monday, 3 September 2012

JRR Tolkien's 'nervous breakdowns' - background assumptions

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http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/jrr-tolkiens-psychological-illnesses-or.html

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Posted by Bruce Charlton at Monday, September 03, 2012
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