The lord of the rings - a mythos applicable in unsustainable times?

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 383-399

  Morgan, Alun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creation spirituality; Ecocriticism; Environmental education; Fantasy literature; Mythopoetic imagination; Place based education; The lord of the rings; Tolkien

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960193577     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504621003613111     Document Type: Article

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