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Was Tolkien strongly aware, when he worked on The Lord of the Rings, that his construction of the Shire was inspired by specific sceneries of his childhood?

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© 2011 Arne Zettersten

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Zettersten, A. (2011). From Sarehole to Shire. In: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Double Worlds and Creative Process. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118409_7

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