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“Our reading can affect our imaginations in ways of which we are not consciously aware. It is quite common...to re-read something after a gap of many years and realize that it has been there all along, without any memory of where it was first encountered. But it may have been working away all the time.”

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Tom Shippey
Tom Shippey

Tom Shippey is a British scholar known for his research on J.R.R. Tolkien's works. His studies encompass various aspects of Tolkien's literature, history, and mythology. more

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