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“Jewish” Dwarves: Tolkien and Anti-Semitic Stereotyping

✍ Scribed by Vink, Renée (author)

Book ID
120970837
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2013
Weight
658 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
1547-3163

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