Christopher A Snyder
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A response to our fractured political discourse, Hobbit Virtues speaks to the importance of "virtue ethics" by examining the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien-with particular attention to his hobbits.
Tolkien's works resonate with so many readers in part because Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin demonstrate Classical, Judeo-Christian, Medieval, and even Hindu and Confucian virtues. Tolkien ennobles the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his...
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English
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The poet T.S. Eliot. The polo star Tommy Hitchcock. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. This diverse group of Americans came to Oxford in the first quarter of the twentieth century--the Jazz Age--when the Rhodes Scholar program had just begun and the Great War had enveloped much of Europe. Scott Fitzgerald created his most memorable character--Jay Gatsby, the Oxford man in the pink suit--shortly after his and Zelda's visit to Oxford. Fitzgerald's creation...
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NASA technical memorandum volume 216089
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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[2010]
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 20210021504
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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September 2021.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 218100
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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December 2013.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 218101
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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December 2013.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 216908
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English