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Goldberry and Galadriel: The Quality of Joy
Authors
L. Eugene Startzman
Publication date
15 December 1989
Publisher
SWOSU Digital Commons
Abstract
Argues the importance of joy, or eucatastrophe, in The Lord of the Rings. Sees the figures of Goldberry, Bombadil, and especially Galadriel as personifications of that joy arising unexpectedly
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